Senior Procurement Specialist (Purchaser/Buyer)

Senior Procurement Specialist

• Location: Milford, UT 84751
• Duration: 12 months
• Work Arrangement: Onsite
• Compensation: $40.00–$50.00/hour
• Employment Type: W2 (not open to C2C, 1099, or visa sponsorship)

Role Overview

Our client is seeking a Senior Procurement Specialist to support operational purchasing for a leading energy organization. This role will source and purchase materials, equipment, spare parts, consumables, and services while managing supplier relationships, purchase orders, delivery timelines, costs, and procurement compliance.

Responsibilities

• Source and procure MRO materials, critical spare parts, consumables, chemicals, equipment, repair services, and operational requirements.
• Review purchase requisitions and technical requirements for completeness and accuracy.
• Coordinate with operations, maintenance, engineering, and production teams to confirm specifications and alternatives.
• Manage the full purchase order lifecycle, including quotations, commercial evaluations, negotiations, issuance, expediting, receipt, invoice resolution, and closeout.
• Monitor supplier commitments and critical delivery dates and proactively address delays and risks.
• Develop qualified local and regional suppliers and preferred purchasing channels.
• Maintain pricing and purchasing data and identify cost savings, standardization, and supplier consolidation opportunities.
• Review warranty coverage and coordinate warranty claims, repairs, replacements, credits, and escalations.
• Monitor supplier quality, cost, delivery, responsiveness, and warranty support.
• Prepare and analyze procurement metrics related to purchase order cycle time, supplier delivery, emergency purchases, savings, cost avoidance, and warranty recovery.
• Identify procurement risks and opportunities to improve purchasing processes and supplier performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of purchasing, procurement, materials management, or supply chain experience in energy, power generation, manufacturing, oil and gas, or a similar industrial environment.
• Experience procuring MRO materials, spare parts, industrial equipment, consumables, repair services, and field services.
• Experience managing purchase requisitions, purchase orders, expediting, supplier performance, and invoice or receiving discrepancies.
• Proficiency with ERP or procurement systems such as SAP or Oracle.
• Strong Excel, KPI reporting, analytical, negotiation, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage urgent procurement requirements while maintaining appropriate purchasing controls.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting geothermal, power generation, renewable energy, process plants, or other asset-intensive operations.
• Familiarity with inventory management, warehouse, maintenance management, and material master data processes.
• Experience coordinating equipment warranty claims, supplier corrective actions, repairs, replacements, and credits.
• Familiarity with industrial part specifications, cross-references, obsolescence risks, market benchmarking, Incoterms, and freight coordination.