Job Description

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world\'s infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.
Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers\' objectives to create a lasting positive impact.
We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy, and Mining & Metals markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Core to Bechtel are our values - ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants - integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

Job Title: Purchasing Supervisor

POSITION SUMMARY:

Located at Gurgaon / Chennai / Vadodara office, provides supervision to a project team of assigned Purchasing personnel and performs tasks involved in the formation and administration of complex purchase orders. Prepares Purchasing master pro-forma documents and develops & monitors project workhour estimates. Participates in the planning, staffing, training and development of Purchasing personnel.

JOB DIMENSIONS:

A. Supervision Received:

Reports to and receives operational direction from Project Procurement Manager and/or assigned supervisor

At jobsite locations, reports to and receives direction from Project Field Procurement Manager.

B. Supervision Exercised:

Provides supervision to assigned Purchasing personnel.

C. Contacts:

Maintains working relationships with project Procurement personnel and other project discipline supervisors to be cognizant of project operations and to implement appropriate actions on behalf of the Purchasing function.

Maintains relationships with supplier personnel to resolve specific project supplier problems and to inform the suppliers, of the overall project requirements.

Maintains contacts with global business unit Procurement personnel, including functional supervisors, and other Procurement supervisors of Expediting, Supplier Quality, Logistics, Field Procurement to coordinate the project Purchasing operations, corporate service departments such as Finance and Project Controls and client personnel as authorized and/or directed by the Project Procurement Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES:

\xc2\xb7 Performs tasks involved in the formation and administration of complex purchase orders.

\xc2\xb7 Supervises assigned personnel in the orderly performance and completion of project procurement commitments through the several steps of bidding, evaluation, and award, in accordance with established policies and procurement procedures, in the Procurement administration functions of identified project purchases to ensure, in conjunction with other functional departments, performance of each order in accordance with the contracted terms and conditions and project requirements.

\xc2\xb7 Indoctrinates newly assigned Purchasing personnel to the requirements and procedures of the corporate, global business unit, project, and client. Ensure they receive appropriate training and development.

\xc2\xb7 Supervises preparation and maintenance of project bidder lists, ensuring input is received from all procurement functions and other operational groups.

\xc2\xb7 Reviews bid tabulations for accuracy, bidder recommendation, completeness, and approves selection of suppliers within delegated approval authority. Ensures all commitments made by subordinate personnel are accurately presented and have proper global business unit approval and signing authorities, as contained in the Procurement Procedures. Reviews and recommends bid selections that require higher Procurement approval authority. Executes commitments within delegated signing authority.

\xc2\xb7 Communicates with Engineering and Construction supervision to assist, guide, and plan the processing of material requisitions for all project purchases.

\xc2\xb7 Develops project purchases operating procedures for review by supervisor and inclusion into the project procurement procedures.

\xc2\xb7 Develops project workhour estimates for Purchasing function. Monitors project work and the expenditure of work hours within approved budgets.

\xc2\xb7 Develops and coordinates with Project Procurement manager the Purchasing personnel staffing plan so that staff are added and released in an orderly manner, in accordance with the project workload.

\xc2\xb7 Reviews prime contract between client and Bechtel and makes recommendations to ensure appropriate provisions are reflected in the general, special, and pricing conditions of the master Purchasing pro-forma documents.

\xc2\xb7 Develops, monitors, and maintains project master Purchasing pro-forma documents, including legal comments to commercial terms and conditions.

\xc2\xb7 Directs negotiations and prepares proposed negotiating plan in the commitment and resolution of commercial conditions of purchases when such action is agreed as necessary by the project procurement manager.

\xc2\xb7 Assures that project purchasing of equipment and materials is consistent with Bechtel Directives, Management Instructions, and Procurement Procedures.

\xc2\xb7 Coordinates Purchasing operations in both the project\'s home office and support offices to assure compliance with project requirements. In conjunction with the global business unit Field Procurement Manager, provides functional guidance to Purchasing personnel at the project jobsite.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

A Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering with 12 to 18 years of relevant industry experience in purchasing and expediting functions on Energy / Infrastructure / Mining & Metals / Manufacturing & Technology projects. Post-graduate specialization in Supply Chain Management preferred.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

\xc2\xb7 Demonstrated knowledge of the legal and commercial aspects of global procurement of equipment and materials.

\xc2\xb7 Experience, skill, or training in the function of supervising workload distribution and execution of the work, as well as personnel interviewing, selection, performance evaluation, career counseling when delegated, training.

\xc2\xb7 Skilled in working with and informing effectively with supervisors of other project functional groups.

Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we\'ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through four global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; and Mining & Metals. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.

Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Bechtel employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or show proof of a negative test result prior to accessing Bechtel sites/facilities to the extent required by applicable law or by customer requirements.

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