Job Description Summary

The PPLM/Project Buyer serves as the primary interface for the Project Manager or Project Procurement Leader (PPL), coordinating all Sourcing, Procurement, and Logistics activities across a portfolio of projects. They are fully responsible for ensuring procurement commitments are met—including on-time delivery, quality, and cost—in alignment with sourcing team negotiations.
Performance Measurement:
• On time delivery of supplier’s performance
• On time placement of POs for the projects
• Execution within budget according to sourcing contracts
• Successful claim management against third parties

Job Description

Job Description Summary

The PPLM/Project Buyer serves as the primary interface for the Project Manager or Project Procurement Leader (PPL), coordinating all Sourcing, Procurement, and Logistics activities across a portfolio of projects. They are fully responsible for ensuring procurement commitments are met—including on-time delivery, quality, and cost—in alignment with sourcing team negotiations.
Performance Measurement:
• On time delivery of supplier’s performance
• On time placement of POs for the projects
• Execution within budget according to sourcing contracts
• Successful claim management against third parties

Responsibilities:

• Owning quality, costs (as negotiated by sourcing) and on time delivery of the material and services for the Project
• Co-owning the Engineering Procurement Plan for the scope, where applicable
• Work with cross functional teams like Engineering, Sourcing to ensure the on-time delivery of documents (drawings, quotations, etc.) required to be obtained from suppliers
• Owning the budget related to material and monitoring the budget
• Establishes the procurement schedule and periodic progress monitoring
• Coordinate to ensure the on-time issuance of purchase requisitions in the respective system to ensure timely placement of POs
• Follows up timely closure of NCPs related to suppliers
• Supports Sourcing in obtaining technical specifications from engineering on-time.
• Participates in and/or initiates periodic project meetings with the participation of quality, lead engineering, planning, logistics, project engineering manager etc. and generates notes/actions from these meetings and follows up on the actions.
• Regularly reviews the fulfilment of suppliers against all contractual requirements in regard to Customs and duties with the support of the required functions
• Oversees claim management with the suppliers in coordination with Commodity leader/Buyer of the project
• Responsible for reporting monthly progress, supplier claims and project cost summary
• Regularly updates suppliers’ cash out & project milestone recognition related to procurement
• Represents procurement in Project meetings internally and externally, if applicable
• Ensures invoices are released in accordance with the process in place
• Supports compliance with the Quality and EHS rules as applicable to the sourcing function
• Supports the PPL in fulfilling the overall project targets and works in alignment
• Develop/maintain a complete, accurate procurement plan that will ensure purchase orders are placed with the appropriate lead times to meet project specific schedules, budgets, deliveries and risk mitigation targets. 
• Communicate status regularly to the project and leadership teams.
• Manage the addition/modification of supplier records to the required purchasing systems including required document collection from the respective suppliers. 
• Responsible for issuing purchase orders (PO), collecting PO acknowledgements, issuing PO change orders, leading invoice resolution activities, coordinating weekly monitoring of supplier progress to promise/need by dates, expediting suppliers, escalating to Project Sourcing Leads for commercial leverage and proactive communication with the project team.
• Manage the submission/follow-up of RFQs and lead negotiations of product and services in order to achieve cost out goals. 
• Maintain a quote library of all RFQs received. 
• Support the negotiation of contractual agreements where required.  Responsible for uploading executed contracts to Oracle Contracts Database.
• Escalate supplier quality challenges and ensure supplier recovery of costs due to quality issues.
• Enable faster project cycle by accelerating the procurement process while ensuring compliance. 
• Drive supplier on time delivery performance while anticipating risks and escalating appropriately.
• Contribute to standardization and continuous improvement of procurement processes.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in high voltage electrical construction project environment
• Ability and willingness to travel domestic 40% of the time. Must comply with all relevant company travel and tax policies.
• Ability to work a flexible work schedule that includes overtime as required.
• Previous experience in working in SAP purchasing systems

Desired Characteristics:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Supply Management preferred
• Experience as Project Manager, Tender Project Manager, Senior Purchasing Manager, Senior Sourcing Manager or Sales Project Manager
• Good understanding of legal/contractual aspects of an EPC contract
• Risk management knowledge. Ability to work efficiently in cross-functional teams.
• Good communicator and teamwork capability
• Negotiation skills either with supplier base or with customers
• General knowledge of purchasing standards, policies, procedures, and Sourcing management
• Ability to coach & develop team members.
• Accountability, resilience, autonomy, and leadership.
• Decision making, problem solving, ability to independently resolve issues with difficult suppliers
• Basics in scheduling/planning of large and complex projects
• Technical knowledge of products purchased and power plant familiarity

Additional Information

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