Purchasing Manager

Advanced Construction Robotics in Allison Park, PA is seeking a full-time Purchasing Manager. Do you have strong interpersonal and customer service skills with the ability to speak professionally with a wide range of personnel? Would you like an exciting robotics career in the construction industry? If so, please read on!

This position earns a competitive salary and excellent benefits - including medical, dental, and vision, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, a 401(k) with company match, an employer-contributed health savings account (HSA), and profit sharing. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, apply today!

ABOUT ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION ROBOTICS, INC.

ACR is a world-leading innovator of autonomous robotic equipment. We have transformed the construction industry by manufacturing and commercializing a wide range of job site robots that enhance productivity, improve safety, reduce schedule risk, and increase profitability. Our technology has been internationally recognized through awards and significant media coverage. We won the first-ever Associated General Contractors of America's Innovation Award. We strive to be the best robot development and commercialization company focused on construction.

Our world-class engineers are some of the best in the business and have designed over 50 different robotics systems. We are unique in that we have a successful and seasoned founder who owns a large heavy-civil construction company and its related supporting companies. This provides us with quick feedback on initial product design, as well as on the job testing of both our prototypes and commercialized products. We are dedicated to producing the best products, and to achieve that, we show our dedication to our employees as well.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PURCHASING MANAGER

In this Purchasing Manager role, you are critical to the operation and growth of a rapidly expanding technology company. You will collaborate with our world-class engineering team to source and procure commercial and fabricated components for our robotic systems. This will require you to have excellent skills in selecting, developing, and maintaining vendor relationships. You will also work closely with our inventory and production teams to ensure that materials are on hand for prototype and production builds. In collaboration with our parent company's accounting department, you will assist with tracking job costs, project budgets, and spending forecasts. In addition, you will work with our leadership and engineering teams to help our growing business navigate our changing procurement needs. You will be consulted on the best solutions for supply chain management and process development to address the needs of our business as we grow. By leveraging your communication, organizational, and technical skills you will ensure the business procurement needs are met so that we can deliver world class technologies to our customers. You will play a major role in the continued operational success of the company while having the freedom to shape the supply chain landscape to meet the business needs of the future.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR A PURCHASING MANAGER

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain or related field
• 5+ years of professional procurement experience
• Be able to demonstrate the ability to:
  • Manage vendor relationships and negotiate orders
  • Work with engineers to source commercial and fabricated components
  • Ability to analyze project costs and provide purchasing forecast reports
  • Utilize ERP, MRP, and PLM systems
• Experience in the following areas:
  • Sourcing components for prototype and production systems
  • Developing and following procurement and material management workflows
  • Job costing and reporting
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Desired: Jira, Confluence, Slack, MISys, Viewpoint
• US work authorization, no visa sponsorship (including OPT extensions from F1 visas)

Are you detail-oriented? Do you have excellent problem-solving and analytical thinking skills? Is working as part of a team something you enjoy? Are you self-motivated? Do you get excited about learning new technology and skills to enhance your job performance? If so, you might just be perfect for this Purchasing Manager position!

READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM?

We understand your time is valuable, so we have a very quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Purchasing Manager job, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting you!

Location: 15101

Special Note:

This job description is presented as guidance only. Other reasonable tasks or responsibilities as management sees necessary may be added to this job description in order to achieve satisfactory job performance by the team member.

EEO Statement:

Brayman and Affiliate Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or on any other characteristic protected by law.

Confidentiality:

Some positions with the company will have access to confidential and proprietary information. Successful candidates for those positions will be required to sign our standard confidentiality agreement as a condition of employment.