Construction Purchasing Specialist

ICON is seeking an experienced Construction Purchasing Specialist to support the Construction Team and act as the liaison between the project management team and the construction supply base. As the Construction Purchasing Specialist, you'll manage relationships with subcontractors, write and execute competitively bid RFPs, and handle fast-moving purchase requests. To succeed in this role, you should be comfortable on a job site, reviewing construction drawings, negotiating contracts, and driving vendor execution. This role is based at ICON’s Austin, TX campus and will report to the Senior Manager, Purchasing on ICON’s Construction team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review plans, specifications, and contracts to ensure the correct equipment, material and subcontractor services are ordered and/or purchased.
• Execute purchase orders expeditiously as needed.
• Negotiate pricing and contract terms with suppliers with the goal of building lasting partnerships.
• Write and execute competitively bid RFPs, providing your perspective on which proposal best serves ICON.
• Work with suppliers and ICON counsel to get non-disclosure agreements in place and establish master service agreements on critical, fast moving, projects.
• Work with the operations team to drive speed and success through strategic workflow implementation.
• Understand the relationships between ICON and our suppliers to leverage value in partnerships.
• Plan, schedule, and forecast procurement activities, including driving long-lead buys and trades to meet project schedule.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3+ years of purchasing/supply chain experience with exposure to a variety of commodities, preferably within the construction industry.
• Experience working with standard purchasing practices and ownership of purchasing responsibilities.
• Must be a self-starter that is able to fully own their scope of work and work autonomously and able to regularly report our status and escalate when necessary.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong problem solving, communication, collaboration, and negotiation skills.
• Strong organization skills - must be able to effectively manage large scopes of work on multiple projects.
• Knowledge and understanding of construction materials.
• Expertise in reading & understanding construction documents such as plans, specifications, submittals, contracts, and payment applications.
• Knowledge of construction terminology, and various municipal building department regulations to ensure proper and timely permits.
• Prepare material quantity take-offs, utilizing on screen takeoff software, should the need arise.
• Thorough understanding of the homebuilding process and construction terminology.
• Complete understanding of the flow, and life cycle of a construction project from LOI to final purchase or issued to delivery/project completion.
• Understand construction change orders, and how to process them accordingly.
• Knowledge of market pricing & “should cost” methodology to streamline initial budget forecasting.
• Strong Microsoft office skills, with a heavy focus on Excel.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 1+ year of Sage CRE and/or ProCore software experience.
• Previous construction estimating experience.
• Spanish proficiency.