Description
Reports to: Steel Purchasing Manager
Job Overview: The Steel Procurement Specialist sources, negotiates, and purchases steel materials to support operations, ensuring cost-effective procurement, reliable suppliers, quality compliance, and timely delivery. The role also helps develop phased purchasing and fabrication plans for commercial products while collaborating closely with project management, detailing, and plant leadership.
Adhere to PDM’s Core Values:
- Relationship Building: We foster long-term positive relationships with fellow employee-owners, external partners and our communities.
- Accountability: We consistently demonstrate a high level of personal accountability.
- Urgency: We operate with a sense of urgency.
- Innovation: We embrace growth and change.
- Create Return on Efforts: We create positive results on all our efforts
- Pillars: 1) Safety, 2) Quality, 3) Happiness, 4) Performance
Responsibilities and Areas of Accountability:
- Support our Purchasing Manager
- Develop strong relationships with PDM Vendors
- Perform material take-offs
- Commercial Sequence and Lotting
- Process and manage IC/Commercial sales orders
- Assist in managing and ordering from 1st tiers suppliers/material
- Communicate with vendors on issues and hold vendors accountable for services and deliveries.
- Review drawings redline and resubmit as needed
- Work with PM’s on Seq/Lot strategy and update PM Summary
- Combine/Nest and order material as needed
- Submit production packets
- Provide support with estimating
- Training and support of EPM functions through all departments
- Manage Steel shop EPM functionality and quality
- Coordinate with all departments concerning drawing and detailing information
- Work closely with Foreman to schedule parts processing
- Perform inventory investigations
Requirements
Knowledge & Skills:
- Ability to multi-task
- Management and Communication Skills required
- Computer skills (Excel, ERP Systems)
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to understand blueprints, scopes of work, purchase orders and invoices.
Education: Minimum High School Diploma or GED, 2 year degree a plus
Experience: Experience in steel industry desired, experience procuring, managing vendor agreements, working in a plant environment.
DISCLAIMER
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
PDM is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED
- Ability to multitask
- Management and communication skills
- Computer skills, including Excel and ERP systems
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to understand blueprints, scopes of work, purchase orders, and invoices
- Two-year degree
- Experience in the steel industry
- Experience procuring materials
- Experience managing vendor agreements
- Experience working in a plant environment
What We Do
Founded in 2012, PDM is a Midwest-based producer of structural prestressed, precast concrete, and structural and miscellaneous steel products. As a 100% employee-owned company, PDM serves as a single source provider for building superstructures on major projects in the midwestern United States, offering expertise in precast concrete, steel, and glass solutions for the construction industry.
