What are the responsibilities and job description for the MRO Procurement Specialist position at Regal Professional Services?
We are supporting a Fort Worth client to hire a MRO Purchasing Specialist. This person will be is responsible for planning and executing and procurement and distribution of all maintenance and operating supplies, as well as for sourcing, negotiating, and contracting office and plant services.
Responsibilities
- Develops supply and sourcing strategies including requests for information, requests for proposal, and competitive bids
- Leads sourcing initiatives including timelines and deliverables to drive best value and effectively communicate status, work activities, and issues to leadership
- Research cost saving opportunities and presents opportunities to stakeholders
- Develops and manages continuous improvement activities to achieve greater maintenance customer satisfaction
- Develops continuous improvement plans to reduce direct material costs
- Collaborate with maintenance team to evaluate and set min/max stocking levels and inventory reorder points
- Develops strategic supplier relationships
- Negotiates contract prices
- Develop budget estimates and forecasts for MRO supplies
- Manages supplier compliance to agreements within the scope and authority of the position
- Monitors functions and supplier’s performance against goals, analyzes and documents results
- Performs additional duties as assigned. Supports operations as needed.
Qualifications
- 3 years' experience in indirect inventory purchasing (MRO preferred)
- Experience in Food or CPG manufacturing environments
- In-depth working knowledge of purchasing process and practices
- Experience with purchasing using inventory management or CMMS software (Maintenance Connection preferred)