Procurement & Vendor Coordinator [contract]

The role

This person will run day-to-day buying, expediting and vendor management for the installation and commissioning of a laser steelmaking demonstration plant. They will manage purchase and fabrication packages, including getting quotes, placing orders, and chasing vendors.

What you will do

• Own the procurement package list for the laser furnace and sulfur system
• Issue RFQs, gather and compare quotes, and prepare bid summaries
• Raise spend requests in Procurify and track them through approval
• Place and manage orders for custom fabricated weldments, piping, fittings, valves, pumps, insulation, instrumentation, bulk materials, and consumables
• Source and set up service and labour contracts
• Hold regular check-ins with vendors and fabricators on open orders
• Flag delivery slips and propose recovery options
• Interface with contracted logistics companies on imported specialty components
• Arrange receiving at site
• Act as the day-to-day point of contact for vendors

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in procurement, expediting or vendor coordination on industrial capital projects
• Experience with an owner's project team or an equipment fabricator
• Has bought and expedited mechanical equipment, fabricated steel, piping and valves, and electrical/instrumentation items
• Reads P&IDs, BOMs, data sheets and fabrication drawings well enough to buy against them and spot gaps
• Organized and persistent
• Clear written communicator with vendors and engineers
• Comfortable with spreadsheets and a purchasing system (Procurify or similar)

Nice to have

• Experience on metallurgical, pyrometallurgical, chemical or process plants
• Expediting overseas fabrication, including freight, customs and incoterms
• Working knowledge of commercial terms: payment milestones, warranties, back-charges, change orders
• Experience with vendor document control and inspection and test plans
• Familiarity with project schedules (Smartsheet, MS Project or similar)
• Bay Area based, or able to be on site in Oakland when needed for receiving and vendor visits

About the company

Limelight Steel is a lean sized, flat, quick moving startup.