Sr. Buyer

TEiC is seeking a Senior Supply Chain Buyer to lead strategic procurement and sourcing activities supporting industrial construction, maintenance, outage, and specialty projects across the power generation and heavy industrial markets.
This is not a transactional purchasing role. We are looking for a procurement professional who can develop sourcing strategies, lead commercial negotiations, manag
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e supplier relationships, mitigate risk, and influence project success from proposal development through project closeout. You will serve as a trusted business partner to project teams and leadership while driving supplier performance, cost competitiveness, schedule execution, and commercial compliance.
What You’ll Do
• Lead sourcing and procurement activities for complex materials, equipment, subcontract, and service requirements.
• Develop and execute project-specific sourcing strategies that support cost, quality, and schedule objectives.
• Evaluate and qualify suppliers and subcontractors while building long-term strategic relationships.
• Lead competitive bid events, commercial evaluations, supplier selection, and award recommendations.
• Negotiate pricing, commercial terms, delivery commitments, and contractual agreements.
• Manage procurement schedules and proactively expedite critical materials, documentation, and services.
• Partner closely with Operations, Estimating, Legal, Finance, Quality, Scheduling, and Project Teams to support proposal development and project execution.
• Resolve supplier performance issues, contract disputes, non-conformances, warranty matters, and commercial risks.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and supplier performance programs that strengthen procurement effectiveness across the organization.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and industry experience.
• 5+ years of procurement, purchasing, subcontracting, or supply chain experience within construction, industrial services, manufacturing, energy, or a related industry.
• Experience independently managing complex procurement activities and commercial negotiations.
• Strong understanding of supplier management, contract administration, procurement risk, and sourcing strategy.
• Exceptional negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive decisions across cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Experience with ERP systems such as Deltek Costpoint is a plus
• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) Effective on your first day!
• Wellness Programs and Awards Get healthier and earn premium discounts!
• Gym Reimbursement and Weight Loss Benefit
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA) Company match!
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Employee Assistance Program
• Parental Leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Duncan, SC Location Onsite Gym and pickle ball court!
Just to name a few!

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