The Role
Manage PR/PO workflows and Deltek Vantagepoint configuration, validate requisitions against budgets and contracts, issue and track purchase orders, maintain vendor documentation, perform 3-way matching to support Accounts Payable, build procurement dashboards, and train staff on processes and system usage.
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About Us
Ardmore Roderick is a full-service infrastructure solutions firm that specializes in Utilities, Transportation, Aviation, Rail and Transit, Building and Facilities Projects. We are headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.
Our Vision
Reimagining infrastructure to improve lives and communities
Our Mission
Transforming communities by empowering the best minds to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions.
Our Values
We Care: especially about excellence, impact, innovation, inclusion and safety
Job Overview
We are seeking a Project Procurement Specialist to join our team at Ardmore Roderick. As a Project Procurement Specialist, you will join a team of infrastructure solutions experts working to solve our client’s ever evolving project needs. This opportunity will be located in our Chicago, IL office and could have potential to be hybrid depending on the specific client, project and team needs.
Key Responsibilities
Ardmore Roderick is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. Ardmore Roderick participates in E-Verify.
We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. Please reach out to us if you require reasonable accommodation in responding to a job announcement, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process.
Salary Range: $89,440-114,400, Ardmore Roderick is providing the compensation range that the company believes it might pay and/or offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location.
Ardmore Roderick is a full-service infrastructure solutions firm that specializes in Utilities, Transportation, Aviation, Rail and Transit, Building and Facilities Projects. We are headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.
Our Vision
Reimagining infrastructure to improve lives and communities
Our Mission
Transforming communities by empowering the best minds to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions.
Our Values
We Care: especially about excellence, impact, innovation, inclusion and safety
Job Overview
We are seeking a Project Procurement Specialist to join our team at Ardmore Roderick. As a Project Procurement Specialist, you will join a team of infrastructure solutions experts working to solve our client’s ever evolving project needs. This opportunity will be located in our Chicago, IL office and could have potential to be hybrid depending on the specific client, project and team needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop procurement process development and Deltek Vantagepoint configuration of a formal PR/PO workflow by setting up templates, approval workflows and project-based purchasing controls
- Review and validate purchase requisitions for budget availability, proper coding to project, phase, and task as well as ensure requisitions align to client contracts, budget project and internal procurement policies
- Set up process to convert approved requisitions into compliant purchase orders, issue POs to vendors while maintaining proper document and PO log within Vantagepoint
- Vendor Coordination and Management by maintaining vendor master data, including w-9’s, insurance certificates while performing 3-way matching with purchase order, vendor invoice and receipt/confirmation of goods/services. This role supports Accounts Payable to ensure timely and accurate processing
- Develop procurement dashboards and reporting to assess open Pos, spend by project/vendor and approval cycle times
- Assist in training staff on the PR/PO process and system usage
- Bachelor’s degree, Business, Pre-Law, Liberal Arts
- 3-5 Years of Business Experience, leading design and implementation of system projects and workflows between business and IT
- Reviewing documents, contracts, or project operations experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong Analytical and Problem-solving skills
- Have a team player mindset with the ability to communicate proficiently in written and verbal forms
- Cross-functional collaboration with team members
- Have great organizational skills
- Advanced degree(s)
- Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint
- Project Management Experience
- We offer Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
- 401K, Paid Maternity Leave, Competitive PTO
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more
Ardmore Roderick is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. Ardmore Roderick participates in E-Verify.
We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. Please reach out to us if you require reasonable accommodation in responding to a job announcement, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process.
Salary Range: $89,440-114,400, Ardmore Roderick is providing the compensation range that the company believes it might pay and/or offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree (Business, Pre-Law, Liberal Arts)
- 3-5 years business experience leading design and implementation of system projects and workflows between business and IT
- Experience reviewing documents, contracts, or project operations
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication and team collaboration skills
- Cross-functional collaboration experience
- Strong organizational skills
- Advanced degree(s)
- Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint
- Project management experience
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The Company
What We Do
Ardmore Roderick is one of the largest minority-owned engineering firms in the Midwest and one of the top 20 largest engineering firms headquartered in Illinois. We offer a unique set of services and varying areas of expertise, creating a well-rounded expert staff, resources and capabilities.
