Senior Purchasing Specialist

Job Summary:
The Senior Purchasing Specialist oversees critical purchasing operations, ensures supplier compliance, and optimizes purchasing processes to align with project requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
· Perform all duties of a Purchasing Specialist with additional responsibility for complex or high-value purchases.
· Analyze supplier performance data to ensure quality and efficiency in material procurement.
· Supervise tracking of PO milestones to mitigate potential delays.
· Provide Supplier delivery plan and ensuring its adherence to the PO milestones and delivery timeline.
· Manage high-risk purchasing activities, including FAT coordination and inspections.
· Review supplier payment memos based on contractual milestones and delivery verification.
· Work closely with Project Managers to streamline material shipping release approvals.
· Support logistics coordination and resolve purchasing-related issues.
· Provide training and guidance to junior purchasing staff.