Senior Buyer

Tek Wissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is the second-largest private employer in Chicago. We are a multicultural, international community of more than 20,000 faculty and staff—each supporting UChicago’s mission of inquiry and academic excellence. Our client is a Medical Center provides world-renowned patient care, while advancing medical science through groundbreaking research.

Together, UChicago Medicine and the Biological Sciences Division are working to address the world’s most pressing medical challenges.

• Procurement of professional services (architects/engineers), construction, and MRO-related goods and services

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably with a purchasing, materials management concentration, or related field
• OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience (minimum of five years) of direct, independent purchasing; demonstrated experience in identifying and solving purchasing and associated issues
• Demonstrated negotiation ability with experience in dealing directly with contractors and professional services firms (i.e., architects and engineers)
• Demonstrated customer service orientation in a support or service department
• Comprehensive knowledge of contracting techniques for construction-related projects
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment setting priorities consistent with facilities and strategic planning
• Ability to understand and relate procurement concepts and develop and maintain relationships with supervisors, project managers, and directors
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with excellent organizational skills
• Strong computer skills with competency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access
• Acquired competency in the use of ERP systems, database management, and comparative analysis
• Experience in contract writing
• experience and expertise in handling procurement-specific concerns of users and suppliers related to contract management
• Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in administering mid- to large-sized procurement operations; attention to detail in documentation and transaction accuracy required
• excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Issuance of Requests for Proposals; contract administration; electronic filing; resolving contract-related issues in e-Builder (project management system); other administrative duties as assigned
• Performs functions that direct and lead efforts that benefit the purchase of planning, design, and construction and facility maintenance services, materials, supplies, and equipment
• Evaluate proposals either as an individual or as a facilitator of a group. Prepare documentation for award analysis and recommendation of award
• Prepare correspondence and reports regarding contract matters. Prepare reports of the department’s contracting activities

• Ability to perform within deadlines; reading
• Confidentiality
• Problem solving
• Ability to handle ambiguity and exert informal authority
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities

• Ability to move around campus to attend meetings; keyboarding; bending; stooping to reach files; light lifting; standing

Tek Wissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.