Project Buyer
City : Vancouver, British Columbia
Category : See posting on Fluor site
Industry : Engineering
Employer : Fluor Canada
Fluor is one of Canada's top employers and recognized globally as a leader in the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Fabrication, and Maintenance industry. Our focus on innovation and providing cost effective technology-based solutions to address our client's needs is second to none. As we look to the future, we need creative, ambitious, and innovative professionals who can help us achieve our goals.
This Project Buyer position serves as part of an assigned Project Procurement Material Management Team, with supporting guidance from Purchasing Management, including the overall commercial preparation and management starting at the development of RFQ to Purchase Order Award including Change Management, Delivery and Closeout activities required for the designated equipment, materials and services execution of the Project.
Principal Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Manage critical material orders with oversight from Material Management and team support.
• Establishes and maintains the list of qualified suppliers, by commodity, approved by the project and/or department.
• Analyzes purchase requisitions to ensure clarity and completeness in description of materials and equipment, quantity and quality requirements, proper authorization of funding, delivery requirements, mode of transportation, and proper support documentation.
• Prepares and issues Request for Quotation (RFQ) to qualified bidders.
• Analyzes bid quotations for responsiveness to (RFQ), evaluating factors such as commercial terms and conditions, price, delivery, financial status, technical capability, quality control, and geographical location of shipping point
• Analyze and make independent recommendations regarding solutions to problems with varying complexity in accordance with organization and/or project objectives and guidelines.
• Negotiates the best price, delivery, terms of payment and purchase order terms & conditions, tax exemptions, price escalation, and other factors impacting costs.
• Conduct bid clarification, pre-award, post award; suppler schedule/quality recovery meetings.
• Collaborate across all disciplines including Material Management, Supplier Quality Surveillance
• (SQS)/Quality, Engineering, Project Data & Document Management (PDDM), and Construction
• Act as liaison among Fluor, Supplier, and Client, as required
• Helps coordinate technical review of paperwork with appropriate departments. Issues or assists in issuing purchase orders after securing required approvals.
• Monitor and report supplier's performance toward completion of all deliverables in accordance
• with the Terms & Conditions and requirements of the Purchase Order.
• Organize and prioritize a variety of projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely
• manner, set priorities, and meet deadlines
• Generate documents, organize and manage files, and maintain tracking data and reports
• Perform data entry proficiently in the Material Management Work Process with the approved
• Corporate Reference Tool for Material Management to facilitate project requirements
• Closes out purchase orders following confirmation of the successful completion of all contractual and procedural requirements.
• Establishes and maintains auditable purchase order files, also ensures that classified or sealed bid documents are properly stored.
• Maintain the highest ethical standards of Material Management professional responsibility.
• Maintain compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, and global standards
• Adhere to and support Fluor's Health, Safety & Environmental and Sustainability Policies Effectively develop and apply the Core Skills to the job
• May need to travel to attend to business related matters
• Other duties as assigned.
This Project Buyer position serves as part of an assigned Project Procurement Material Management Team, with supporting guidance from Purchasing Management, including the overall commercial preparation and management starting at the development of RFQ to Purchase Order Award including Change Management, Delivery and Closeout activities required for the designated equipment, materials and services execution of the Project.
Principal Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Manage critical material orders with oversight from Material Management and team support.
• Establishes and maintains the list of qualified suppliers, by commodity, approved by the project and/or department.
• Analyzes purchase requisitions to ensure clarity and completeness in description of materials and equipment, quantity and quality requirements, proper authorization of funding, delivery requirements, mode of transportation, and proper support documentation.
• Prepares and issues Request for Quotation (RFQ) to qualified bidders.
• Analyzes bid quotations for responsiveness to (RFQ), evaluating factors such as commercial terms and conditions, price, delivery, financial status, technical capability, quality control, and geographical location of shipping point
• Analyze and make independent recommendations regarding solutions to problems with varying complexity in accordance with organization and/or project objectives and guidelines.
• Negotiates the best price, delivery, terms of payment and purchase order terms & conditions, tax exemptions, price escalation, and other factors impacting costs.
• Conduct bid clarification, pre-award, post award; suppler schedule/quality recovery meetings.
• Collaborate across all disciplines including Material Management, Supplier Quality Surveillance
• (SQS)/Quality, Engineering, Project Data & Document Management (PDDM), and Construction
• Act as liaison among Fluor, Supplier, and Client, as required
• Helps coordinate technical review of paperwork with appropriate departments. Issues or assists in issuing purchase orders after securing required approvals.
• Monitor and report supplier's performance toward completion of all deliverables in accordance
• with the Terms & Conditions and requirements of the Purchase Order.
• Organize and prioritize a variety of projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely
• manner, set priorities, and meet deadlines
• Generate documents, organize and manage files, and maintain tracking data and reports
• Perform data entry proficiently in the Material Management Work Process with the approved
• Corporate Reference Tool for Material Management to facilitate project requirements
• Closes out purchase orders following confirmation of the successful completion of all contractual and procedural requirements.
• Establishes and maintains auditable purchase order files, also ensures that classified or sealed bid documents are properly stored.
• Maintain the highest ethical standards of Material Management professional responsibility.
• Maintain compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, and global standards
• Adhere to and support Fluor's Health, Safety & Environmental and Sustainability Policies Effectively develop and apply the Core Skills to the job
• May need to travel to attend to business related matters
• Other duties as assigned.