Purchasing Agent

Plant Purchasing Manager

Ideal candidate will reside in Houston, TX. This position is responsible for the management of all purchasing activities and projects under their scope as well as oversight for Santa Ana, CA, and Houston, TX with shared responsibility of a few remote facilities. This position will perform all purchasing activities (including but not limited to negotiation, management of spend, bid management, and execution of contracts for both goods and services). This role will focus on cost savings, strategic purchasing improvement, implementation and adherence to global compliance, and utilization of internal digital tools while providing timely service to internal customers.

Plant Purchasing Responsibilities :

• Coordinates and leads all site-level RFPs for both local OpEx and CapEx purchases (per the requirements definition phase) which includes vendor negotiations through to the contract signature (if applicable), and PO creation.
• Engage the plant's technical teams early in the buying process to ensure compliance of purchasing methodology.
• Foster site compliance regarding the North American Purchasing Policy (NAPP), Purchasing's Internal Controls Reference Framework (ICRF), Gift Policy, and Credit Card (P-Card) Policy.

Requirements :

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