Procurement Engineer

General Job Description:

This Procurement Engineer role provides comprehensive on-site supply chain assistance, embedding a dedicated employee within the project team. This individual serves as the primary point of contact for all supply chain and procurement-related activities, ensuring seamless project execution, effective cost control, and strong supplier relationships.

Supervises: n/a

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Project Integration & Communication: This role serves as the primary liaison between the project team, ACCO departments (Purchasing, Fleet, Logistics, Accounts Payable), and all external suppliers. The Procurement Engineer participates in project meetings to keep the team informed on procurement needs and potential delays, and also assists ACCO personnel in a professional and timely manner.
• On-Site Setup & Administration: The Procurement Engineer manages jobsite setup, including office trailers and essential services.
• Procurement Log: Creates and maintains procurement logs
• Budget & Procurement Management: This position oversees the budget and buyout for all project equipment, materials, and services, ensuring timely ordering and managing submittal requests. They are responsible for negotiating with vendors to ensure competitive pricing and availability, processing purchase orders and change orders, and tracking equipment release and delivery against project schedules.
• Invoice & Financial Management: The Procurement Engineer manages the Medius queue, validates invoice pricing, and reviews change order requests. They confirm receipt of all invoiced items. Prepare invoice packages as directed for purposes of billing or other project-specific needs and verify prices against POs and supporting documentation.
• P.O. & Subcontract Management: This individual ensures accurate committed costs and manages the timely execution of subcontracts. They also oversee subcontractor enrollment in project-specific programs and can issue subcontracts in unique situations.
• Equipment Rental Management: The role involves utilizing existing agreements or negotiating new ones for equipment rental. The Procurement Engineer performs rent vs. buy analysis and tracks equipment on rent to ensure accurate charges.
• Supplier Management: This position acts as a conduit for project needs to ACCO's supplier base, finding solutions and resolving issues like credit holds or payment problems. They are also responsible for coordinating returns and credit memos, maintaining professional relationships with vendors, and keeping updated authorized vendor lists. Furthermore, they maintain an understanding of vendor products, price trends, and hard-to-find parts, and handle warranty items and core credits.
• Logistics Support: The Procurement Engineer sources and manages transportation suppliers for project needs. They oversee costs throughout the project duration.
• Project Close Out: This role validates all PO/subcontract values and ensures all invoices are submitted and paid. They manage the closeout of open commitments to reconcile job costs.
• Other Duties: The Procurement Engineer performs any other duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Position Requirements (Education, Work Experience, Skills, Certifications, Licenses, etc.):

• Strong verbal communication and listening skills, both over the phone and in person.
• Strong business writing skills, including the use of proper grammar and terminology.
• Ability to demonstrate high customer service skills.
• Ability to organize large amounts of information while maintaining attention to detail.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a related position or industry.
• H.S. Diploma or equivalent.
• College course in a related field (Business, Economics, Management) is preferred.
• Proficiency in Invoice Processing & Finvari Support or single emphasis point of AFE, Online Accounts, Misapplied Costs, Bidtracer Contact Management, Diverse Businesses, SQM, IT Support, or ACCO Online Store within the first 4 weeks.
• Working knowledge of H.V.A.C. parts and equipment required.
• Knowledge of local manufacturers' representatives and dealers.
• Knowledge of local contractors including electrical, general, crane, etc.
• Ability to demonstrate accuracy and a detail-oriented approach to data entry.
• Proficient-plus level user of MS Excel and MS Word.

ACCO Competencies:

• Proactivity / Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one's level/position and with minimal supervision.
• Perseverance: Shows the wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.
• Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.
• Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people.
• Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner.
• Big Picture: Understands and contributes to organizations' short- and long-term business strategy. On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.
• Motivation / Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals. Initiates action with collective goals, takes responsibility and shows personal humility.
• Technical Curiosity / Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feed, back; demonstrating an openness to learning and change.
• Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve a problem in support of personal, group, department, or organizational objectives.

Physical Requirements:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• The employee may regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision and Distance vision.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• The employee is regularly required to walk and sit, as well as climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl (for purposes of assisting with project job walks and site inspections).
• The employee is occasionally required to reach above shoulder height to access storage cabinets and shelves.

Hours:

This is an exempt position. Workdays are scheduled from Monday through Friday. Typically, work hours begin and end between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm as scheduled with the position's supervisor. Occasional overtime may be necessary per business needs.

Travel:

0 -5% of the time to and from the assigned office.