Primetals Technologies · 5 days ago
Procurement Engineer 2
Alpharetta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
1+ years expPrimetals Technologies is a company specializing in procurement engineering, and they are seeking a Procurement Engineer 2 to manage procurement processes for major projects. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, optimizing supply chains, and leading negotiations to ensure project success.
IndustrialIndustrial EngineeringMechanical Engineering
Responsibilities
Ensuring effective execution of major projects as they relate to procurement, and work with cross-functional partners to optimize and grow business
Participating in project/sales meetings as project core team member to exert a shaping influence at an early stage; determining best costs for go to market; optimizing supply base; optimizing internal workflows and processes; creating project procurement concepts and plans
Analyzing inquiries during bid preparation/opportunity management phase; understanding the customer’s functional needs, in order to include supplier innovations that improve cost positions and customer benefits
Supporting project calculations with reliable material cost data
Initiate the Project Procurement Plan to document baseline information
Establishing proper sourcing processes and controlling all procurement resources and activities within the project; optimizing delivery and cost (procurement plans, target costing) and assuring adherence to deadlines and quality
Applying procurement regulations as per compliance and organization standards
Analyzing scope of supply and contract agreements, carrying out risk analyses, and introducing negotiation recommendations together with commodity management, to prepare for negotiations with suppliers and to initiate appropriate measures
Deriving procurement strategies and ensuring their implementation (e.g. pooling, utilization of master contracts)
Update project procurement plan to document strategy and execution details
Leading contractual and pricing negotiations and/or supporting the buyers responsible for particular material fields (in particular, those not covered by any Commodity Management) to secure project targets with optimal conditions
Clarifying internal indicators for project controlling and compiling all relevant information to submit qualified reports (e.g. for the project team, procurement management team)
Providing supplier information to the project and conducting project-specific supplier evaluations
Identifying particular procurement risks, opportunities and market forces during the project, together with commodity management, to avoid potential damage and identify potential opportunities through tailored risk and claim management
Keep all project participants up to date
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related field
1 year of experience in procurement of electrical equipment or related experience
Experience with Electrical Engineering concepts
Experience with Electric frequency converters, direct current drives, electric motors
Experience with Technical procurement
Experience with SAP
Experience with Negotiation, NDA, claims
Experience with should-cost modeling to estimate cost of a product or service
Supply chain knowledge including incoterms, payment terms, quality, indirect and direct procurement, logistics
Experience with MS Project, MS Excel, power point
Experience with RFI, RFQ, RFP placement and analysis
Experience in establishing KPI and preparing project procurement plan
Company
Primetals Technologies
Primetals Technologies renders iron making, casting, hot rolling flat, mini-mills, stell making, processing and metallurgical services.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-11-04Acquired
Leadership Team
Bill Gackeler, CMA
CFO and Controller
Cathy Martin, PHR, SHRM-CP
Human Resources Business Partner
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