Junior Buyer - Government Facilities & O&M

Kikaha; Norco (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with company match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

11 paid holidays

Job summary

Bering-Alaka`ina Holdings, LLC in NORCO, California seeks a Junior Buyer to support Facilities Operations & Maintenance for a government client. You will procure parts, materials, and services for corrective and preventative maintenance across HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and industrial systems.

Responsibilities include vendor coordination, bid package creation, PO issuance, inventory management, and invoice reconciliation, aligning with government requirements and internal policies.

Qualifications

• High school diploma and one year of purchasing/procurement experience.
• Proficient with Word, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• Strong communication skills internally with staff and externally with government stakeholders.
• Ability to thrive in a fast pace environment.
• Ability to manually track purchase requests through receipt of parts, materials, and services across many concurrent projects.

Responsibilities

• Research, quote, and purchase parts, materials, equipment and outside service support in support facilities maintenance team completion of corrective and preventative maintenance work orders.
• Support special projects and efforts with research, quotes, vendor coordination and facility access to acquire service support for equipment, assets, vehicles, industrial machinery and building systems.
• Interfaces with all staff members to ensure all purchase requisitions for materials are filled out and submitted for consideration in a timely manner.
• Works with the Program Manager (PM) and Facilities Supervisor/Production Controller (FM/PC) and government stakeholders to create bid packages for special projects.
• Submits Purchase Authorization requests to government stake holders and/or Program Manager and tracks requests through final disposition.
• Ensures parts, materials, and services ordered are received, inventoried, and distributed to technicians for install/repair in coordination with the Warehouse Specialist.
• Negotiating and acquiring best pricing from vendors.
• Works closely with corporate purchasing department in PO issuance to ensure company purchasing/acquisition policies and procedures are strictly followed and adhered to.
• Establishes and maintains records of supporting vendors, accounts, receipts, and purchase authorization approvals.
• Tracks purchases made, purchases authorized, and total amount obligated against government funding and reports data weekly.
• Reconciles monthly customer invoice against purchases to identify purchases billed vs yet to be billed.
• Works closely with the PM and FS/PC towards reducing aging and time sensitive inventory for the program.
• Works closely with PM, FS/PC and trades leads to ensure critical spares inventories are maintained and current.
• Keeps the PM and Facilities Supervisor apprised of unique situations and problems encountered.
• Assist in performing monthly safety inspections as required.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the PM and Facilities Supervisor/Production Controller.

Skills

Purchasing/procurement

Communication

Fast-paced work environment

Tracking purchase requests

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

SharePoint

Job description

Bering-Alaka`ina Holdings, LLC in NORCO, California seeks a Junior Buyer to support Facilities Operations & Maintenance for a government client. You will procure parts, materials, and services for corrective and preventative maintenance across HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and industrial systems.

Responsibilities include vendor coordination, bid package creation, PO issuance, inventory management, and invoice reconciliation, aligning with government requirements and internal policies.