Purchasing/Procurement Manager

Cianbro - Pittsfield, ME

Full-time - Mid Level

Pittsfield, ME

501-1,000 employees

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

About the position

The Purchasing/Procurement Manager at Cianbro is responsible for overseeing post-project award purchasing within a dynamic and growing company. This role requires strong leadership and communication skills, as it involves close interaction with various levels of management, project teams, subcontractors, and suppliers. The manager will leverage the company's buying power to maximize cost savings and ensure compliance with federal and state regulations while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Communicates and enforces purchasing policies and internal controls.
• Leverages Cianbro's buying power, relationships, and expertise across Cianbro markets and companies to maximize cost savings.
• Negotiates commercial terms and conditions with subcontractors, service providers, and suppliers.
• Manages federal and state work exposure by ensuring team members understand flow-down requirements, setting up centralized processes as needed, and staying current on key issues.
• Manages evaluation and approval of subcontractors.
• Conducts subcontractor/supplier outreach for small, minority, women-owned and disadvantaged businesses. Tracks, monitors and reports MBE/WBE/SBE utilization with public and private owners.
• Manages subcontractor compliance for prime contract flow-downs, bonds, insurance, sales tax, and payment/retainage.
• Prepares and develops purchasing strategies and recommended methods for projects for review and presentation to senior project management.
• Enforces Cianbro's standards of business ethics, safety and quality assurance with subcontractors and suppliers.
• Continues to build upon the culture of continuous improvement and best practices for areas of responsibility and support cross transfer of knowledge and expertise across markets, projects and back-office functions.
• Mentors purchasing team members as to the requirements and procedures of the business unit, project, and client.
• Completes team member performance evaluations, compensation reviews, and disciplinary reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, business, engineering, supply chain management, or equivalent degree.
• 10+ years of construction experience.
• Demonstrated progression in experience and responsibility in procurement/purchasing, including strategic planning, contract management, negotiations, technology assessment, systems implementation, and administration.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Experience with developing Minority Business Plans and reporting.
• Experience managing federally-funded projects and Federal Acquisition Regulation compliance.