JOB DESCRIPTION:
• Position is involved in developing specifications and requires analysis to balance the value of competing bids.
• Carries out broad assignments involving the purchase of important and critical items requiring extensive or specialized knowledge and experience.
• Purchases merchandise, materials, components, equipment, and/or services, following established purchasing policies and procedures and optimizes price, delivery, and terms.
• Solicits bids and quotations; reviews and negotiates purchase contacts for major commitments.
• Analyzes and evaluates bids to determine optimum value; selects suppliers, issues purchase orders, follows up, and expedites as necessary; evaluates vendor reliability.
• Develops new supply sources where vendors and suppliers are inadequate.
• Negotiates contracts where losses, occurring through errors in judgment, would seriously impact company operations.
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
• Negotiates service contracts and approves extra work claims.

REQUIREMENTS / SKILLS:
• Bachelor Degree
• 5 years of related buying experience.

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Tucson, Arizona

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