Purchase Manager For Constructions Company

Role & responsibilities

• Recruits and maintains suppliers that provide high quality products and services at a better price while maintaining the highest code of ethics and conduct.
• Sources, Negotiates or supervises the negotiation of complex requests for constructions material supplies, and services from suppliers and subcontractors.
• Procures all necessary constructions material, needed for production or daily operation of the company, prepares and issues purchase orders and change notices. Prepare, maintain and review purchasing records, produce management reports, track the status of requisitions, contracts and orders, approve bills for payment,
• Calculate the cost of orders, assign invoices to the appropriate accounts, and monitor in-house inventory transfer for project consumption. Purchase manager also determines if inventory quantities for commonly used items are sufficient for the needs of the company and orders more supplies as needed.
• Conduct research via the Internet, catalogues, trade publications, and trade shows to identify potential suppliers.
• Meet prospective suppliers either face-to-face or over the phone to determine prices, discounts, terms, etc.
• Create spreadsheets with vendor & product or service comparisons of prospective suppliers to support management decisions
• Prepare, maintain and review purchasing files and records, price lists, the status of requisitions, contracts and orders, locate suppliers, approve bills for payment, monitor subcontractor performance, calculate the cost of orders, ensure invoices are charged to the appropriate accounts, and monitor inventory transfer forms for bookkeeping records.