Site Supervisor/Buyer - (Columbus, MS)

Job summary Summary: Purchases materials, equipment, supplies and services in accordance with prescribed purchasing regulations and procedures. Reviews and analyzes purchase requisitions, investigating and developing sources of supplies, prepares routine bid specifications, issues bid requests, reviews quotations, interprets purchasing procedures to departments and vendors, acting as a liaison between user departments and vendors. Examines and analyzes departmental purchase requisitions for completeness and accuracy of info; contacts department or initiator to clarify or complete info; determines method to process requisition based on dollar amount, timeliness required, existing open contracts, and/or compeive bidding. Identifies and selects vendor to procure requisitioned commodities, meeting criteria such as price, quany, quality and delivery date and places orders.