What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer position at Denver Transit Operators?
Job Title: Buyer
Industry: Commuter Rail Operations
Reports to: Procurement/Contracts Manager
Position Summary:
The Buyer will direct and coordinate purchasing and distributing materials, equipment, machinery, and supplies
for the organization by performing the prescribed duties of this position:
Description of Duties:
- Solicits and Evaluates proposals for the requested commodity
- Prepares and issue purchase orders and change notices
- Resolves discrepancies as they may arise between PO details and actual delivery
- Analyze market and delivery conditions todeterminepresent and future material availability and prepare market analysis reports
- Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy
- Verify nomenclatures and specification of purchase requests
- Consult the internet, catalogs, and interview suppliers to obtain prices and specifications
- Create purchase order and send copy to supplier and department originating request: verify total cost of item purchased
- Negotiates the lowest possible cost for the commodity balanced against theoptimumquality and schedule needs.
- Ensurethesafetyof workersand allcrewadhere to all safety procedures and rules. Ensure worksis completed on or before deadlines
- All other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from afour yearcollege or university. Typically requires 2-4yearspreviousbuying experience, preferably in Commuter Rail operations.
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area circumference, and volume.
- Ability to solve practical problems and interpret a variety of instructionsfurnishedin written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Skill inestablishingand maintaining effective working relations as well as verbal and written communication
- Expertisein using Microsoft Excel and Word
- Ability to learn a variety of computer programs
- Previousexperience withAssetWorksEnterprise Purchasing a plus
- Must be eligible to work in the U.S. and successfully pass a pre-employment background check
- Must be able to pass a pre-employment physical
- Must pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol test and be willing tocomply withthe DTO Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Must have a valid Colorado driver’s license
Salary : $60,000 - $85,000