Senior Buyer

Blue Energy

Senior Buyer managing procurement for nuclear and advanced manufacturing at Blue Energy. Driving cost reductions and ensuring compliance with procurement policies and nuclear quality requirements.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeGreater Philadelphia • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERPOracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Research, qualify, and evaluate suppliers for technically complex nuclear and advanced manufacturing goods and services.
Assess manufacturing capabilities, quality system maturity (ASME N-Stamp, ISO, NQA-1), experience, financial stability, and capacity.
Conduct market intelligence on pricing benchmarks, lead times, and competitive dynamics to challenge costs and identify sourcing alternatives.
Develop complete RFP/RFQ packages translating engineering drawings and specifications into competitive solicitations.
Manage the full solicitation cycle - bidder lists, issuance, pre-bid meetings, Q&A, bid tabulations, evaluations, and award recommendations - coordinating with Engineering, QA, and Project Management throughout.
Enforce competitive bidding, negotiate favorable terms, pursue consolidation opportunities, and develop alternative sources to reduce single-source dependency.
Track and report cost savings and avoidance against budget benchmarks in a maintained savings log.
Issue accurate POs in the ERP system covering scope, specifications, delivery, quality requirements, and regulatory flow-downs.
Manage acknowledgements, expediting, change orders, and closeout, including verification of documentation packages (MTRs, QC records, certifications).
Follow all procurement policies, approval authorities, and SOPs.
Maintain complete, auditable files for every sourcing event and PO.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of procurement, purchasing, or buying experience in industrial, energy, power generation, capital project, or advanced manufacturing environments.
Demonstrated experience sourcing technically complex goods and services, including engineered equipment, fabricated components, specialty materials, or industrial services, with a track record of achieving cost reductions through competitive bidding, negotiation, and supplier development.
Proficiency with ERP/procurement systems (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, or similar) and eSourcing tools.
Strong technical literacy: ability to read engineering drawings, understand process and fabrication specifications, and evaluate supplier technical proposals with an informed, critical eye.
Hands-on experience with full procure-to-pay execution: requisition intake, PO issuance, expediting, receiving coordination, and invoice resolution.
Excellent attention to detail and documentation discipline; comfort maintaining audit-ready procurement records.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to coordinate effectively across engineering, quality, project management, and finance stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Blue Energy is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway.

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Hard Skills & Tools

procurementpurchasingsourcingnegotiationcost reductionengineering drawingsfabrication specificationsprocure-to-pay executionbid tabulationssupplier evaluation

Soft Skills

attention to detaildocumentation disciplinewritten communicationverbal communicationcoordination

Certifications

ASME N-StampISONQA-1