Purchasing Specialist in at BrandSafway

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Purchasing Specialist

BrandSafway is seeking a Purchasing Specialist to support purchasing and procurement activities across the organization. This role is responsible for executing buying activities, managing supplier relationships, supporting negotiations, and helping drive consistent purchasing practices across multiple business locations.

The ideal candidate has hands-on purchasing experience, understands the Procure-to-Pay process, is strong in Microsoft Excel, and can quickly learn internal systems in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Execute purchasing activities across multiple categories while supporting cost, quality, and delivery goals.
• Create and manage purchase orders through the full Procure-to-Pay process.
• Support receiving, invoice reconciliation, purchasing controls, and related follow-up.
• Manage supplier relationships and support vendor performance.
• Support supplier negotiations, competitive bidding, and three-bid processes.
• Promote the use of preferred suppliers and standardized purchasing practices.
• Analyze purchasing data to identify cost savings, supplier issues, and process improvement opportunities.
• Use ERP or procurement systems to manage purchasing transactions and reporting.
• Create and maintain purchasing reports using Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, filtering, sorting, and formatting.
• Collaborate with operations, finance, supply chain, and branch teams to support purchasing needs.
• Learn and become proficient in BrandSafways internal purchasing system.
• Support category management and supplier initiatives as assigned.
• Travel occasionally as needed.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of procurement, purchasing, supply chain, or related buying experience.
• Experience issuing purchase orders and working through the Procure-to-Pay process.
• Experience managing suppliers, vendors, or purchasing-related relationships.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, filtering, sorting, and reporting.
• Experience with ERP, purchasing, or procurement systems such as SAP, Coupa, Ariba, Oracle, Basware, JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to quickly learn new systems and processes.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment.
• Willingness to travel occasionally.

Preferred

• Experience in construction, industrial services, manufacturing, equipment rental, building materials, or a related industry.
• Supplier negotiation experience.
• Experience with competitive bidding or three-bid processes.
• Experience supporting preferred supplier programs.
• Category management exposure.
• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or a related field.

This is a remote position. Candidates may be based anywhere in the continental United States. Eastern or Central Time Zone availability is preferred.

BrandSafway offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance along with a generous 401k plan.
About Us:

BrandSafway is a leading global provider of access, specialized services, and forming and shoring solutions to the industrial, commercial and infrastructure markets. Through a network of ~340 strategic locations across 25 countries and ~40,000 employees, BrandSafway delivers a full range of industrial service solutions. BrandSafway supports maintenance and refurbishment projects as well as new construction and expansion plans with unmatched service from expert local labor and management. Todays BrandSafway is At Work For You leveraging innovation and economies of scale to increase safety and productivity, while remaining nimble and responsive.

BrandSafway, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, special disabled or veteran status.
Notice to all potential job candidates:

Please be advised that BrandSafway will never require or ask for any fee from you in exchange for being considered, hired, promoted, transferred or having ongoing employment with us. It is a violation of our Code of Conduct if any employee requests any money or fee from you in exchange for tentatively special treatment or consideration. If anyone, regardless of whether an existing employee, or anyone else, requests payment of any fee in exchange for being hired into our company, you may confidentially contact our HR Compliance department at hrcompliance@brandsafway.com and provide the name of the individual and any other documentation or proof of such an act.

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