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Senior Purchasing Agent

Adecco Permanent Recruitment
Richmond, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/21/2026

We're hiring a Senior Purchasing Agent

Are you a relationship-driven negotiator who thrives on sourcing strategy, supplier management, and delivering value? We're seeking a procurement professional to support high-value construction, technology, security, and infrastructure projects through strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, and supply chain optimization.



What You'll Do

:✅ Lead sourcing strategies and category management initiative

s✅ Develop and manage RFQs, RFPs, and supplier bid processe

s✅ Negotiate contracts, pricing, lead times, and supplier agreement

s✅ Partner with engineering, estimating, and project teams to support bids and project executio

n✅ Analyze supplier proposals and conduct "apples-to-apples" quote comparison

s✅ Identify cost-saving opportunities, alternative products, and sourcing solution

s✅ Monitor market conditions, pricing trends, and supply chain risk

s✅ Perform spend analysis and leverage data to drive procurement decision


s
What You'll Brin

g:✔ Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Computer Science, or a related fie

ld✔ 4 years of procurement, purchasing, strategic sourcing, category management, or supply chain experien

ce✔ Experience with contract negotiations, RFPs, RFQs, spend analysis, and supplier manageme

nt✔ Advanced Excel and strong analytical skil

ls✔ Excellent communication and relationship-building abiliti

es✔ U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearan


ce
Preferred Experien

ce:⭐ Electrical construction, infrastructure, security systems, low-voltage, or technology procurem

ent⭐ Working with OEMs, manufacturers, distributors, and subcontract

ors⭐ Familiarity with electrical products, electronic security systems, or mission-critical environmen


ts.
Who Succeeds in This R

ole?We're looking for a people-oriented, highly analytical negotiator who enjoys building supplier relationships, influencing business decisions, and finding creative solutions that deliver the best value, pricing, quality, and lead ti


mes.
Why Joi

n Us?Join a team where quality is a core driver of project success. You'll have the opportunity to apply your expertise across complex engineering, construction, and operational environments while helping deliver reliable, high-performing solutions. Whether your background is in electrical engineering, construction quality, or manufacturing quality systems, you'll be able to make a meaningful impact while continuing to grow your ca


reer.
If you meet the above qualifications and would like to apply for this position, you may email your up-to-date, professional CV/resume to Tim Dameron @ timothy.dameron@adeccon


a.com.
Perfect placements. Speedy staffing. Tenacious testing. Who’s Adecco, we hear you ask? Only the top provider of first-class HR solutions. Our consultants work with some of the best, and most exciting, companies all over the world. We equip our clients with priceless industry insight and put everything we’ve got into training and mentoring our cand

idates.We’re here to match talented people with the job opportunities and employers they’re looking for. On any given day we connect over 700,000 people with fulfilling opportunities that make the most of their skills now and enable them to develop new expertise for the


future.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/

DisabledTo read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.adeccousa.com/candidate

-privacyThe Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction


records

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