Procurement Management Specialist
Bechtel Plant MachineryLocation: Monroeville, Pennsylvania Job Title: Procurement Management Specialist Status: Full-time Professional Annual Salary Range: $68,300 - $129,100 Salary commensurate with education and experience. Job Summary As a Procurement Management Specialist at BPMI, you will perform business functions to support company operations in areas including but not limited to managing efforts associated with the effective business and operations of the department, company and Program. This includes assignments supporting operational management, budget management, supplier management, and program management of complex interrelated contracts. Essential Duties: Program Management Lead the company and/or department’s evolving growth opportunity plans and risk mitigation strategies to ensure the viability of cognizant major program’s component/equipment. Lead, as needed, in the negotiation and administration of the department’s significant (e.g., larger volume, higher risk, higher dollar value, expedited schedule, etc.) procurement actions that comprise major programs, and aid fellow professionals with negotiations and administration of standard contracts. Team with procurement and technical leads to review project deadlines, critical paths, and analyze costs and schedules. Take action to resolve issues, delays, etc. and communicate proactively to all stakeholders to identify the problem and its impacts. Operational Management Build stable internal relationships with department personnel, follow standard practices and procedures to help drive improved procurement and operational performance. Assist in the resolution of issues of limited to moderate scope, communicate proactively to all stakeholders to identify the problem and its impacts, and provide recommendations of various procurement, business, operational and/or contractual solutions. Follow established internal guidance to support procurement and operational functions. Assist in adjudication of potential contracting, business, and/or operational issues within the department, procurement community, and throughout the organization. Assist with procurement and company-wide functions ranging from process reviews, lean events, audits, and development opportunities. Conduct investigations and inquiries into assigned challenges/problems and/or improvement opportunities, develop and recommend solution alternatives. Assist in the design and implementation of change management and adoption of procurement, business, operational and/or contractual processes across department, accounting for all stakeholders. Budget Management Gather and compile support data for the preparation of NAVSEA and Company requests (e.g., budget drills). Responsible for extracting data from the business systems and organize materials for the preparation of developing/updating metrics for management reviews. Assist with the preparation of the submittal of annual budget projection such as the Procurement Plan, NRTBP confirmation, and out-year business forecasts, along with analysis and perspective, as needed and/or requested. Analyze department cost performance for prime contracts, by reviewing Awarded Value against Placed-to-date and To Be Placed Values. Assist with NRTBP-management including reviewing budget authority (BA) / applied cost (AC) performance goals for the department. Compile, organize, update, and balance confirmation input on an as needed basis. Ensure the budget is balanced by Budget ID and Source of Fund (SOF). In addition, develop understanding of actions associated with Continuing Resolution. Assist with requests for reports, routine (e.g., weekly Unit Update, Monthly Staff Report) and otherwise (e.g., BFO identification of budget shortfalls/surplus to exchange funds between departments), to be issued to NAVSEA, department senior management, and/or BFO. Supplier Management Build effective working relationships with supplier management, gain a detailed understanding of supplier organizati…