Purchasing agent jobs in Jackson, TN - 912 jobs

About Us Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $7.6 billion in revenue for 2024, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential related building projects. The Role We Want You For This position serves as the overall Project Leader for the jobs in which they are involved. Responsibilities range from project set up, project buy out, contract execution and compliance, material procurement, progress tracking, material invoice approval, responsible for project sequencing and scheduling, maintaining, and updating schedules, coordination, and communication with General Contractor, change order distribution/tracking, coordination with Estimators, cost report job forecasting, overall project fiscal responsibility. The Specifics of the Role Serve as primary/initial contact to key suppliers and trade partners on projects. Work closely with accounting to establish and manage a schedule of values for progress billing. Coordinate with subcontractors and suppliers on project schedules. Build relationships with key suppliers and trade partners. Prequalify new suppliers and subcontractors. Identify opportunities for change orders and establish cost where applicable. Prepare, issue and track change order status for material above and beyond the original contract. Develop and negotiate purchase orders on new jobs to ensure the scope of work is consistent with the estimate and design specifications Minimize job site and schedule problems wherever possible and minimize cost impact of potential back charges. Support preconstruction team in proposal phase of projects. Ensure department achieves goals through management and leadership mentality. Coordination with on site project team ensuring material is being delivered in accordance with contract. Mentoring Project Coordinator's. Requirements Bachelors Degree in Construction Management or Engineering discipline preferred. 5+ years of experience. Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills. Ability to identify, assimilate and comprehend the critical elements of a situation to extract and interpret implications of courses of actions to attend to details of a problem. Effectiveness in planning and controlling work, motivating, and developing subordinates, improving work methods and results, encouraging and supporting suggestions for work improvements, etc. Breaks down problems into smaller components, understands underlying issues, can simplify and process complex issues, understands the difference between critical details and unimportant facts. Plans for and uses resources efficiently, always looks for ways to reduce costs. Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems. Leads through change and adversity, makes the tough call when needed, builds consensus when appropriate, motivates and encourages others. Operates within the organization's formal and informal structures, builds allies and relationships across departments, uses allies to build consensus and create results, is appropriately diplomatic, understands others' roles and perspectives, can sell projects and ideas across the organization. Anticipates and resolves conflicts, turns team diversity into an advantage, uses unique team talents, defines processes and goals, works for consensus. Establishes project goals, milestones, and procedures, defines roles and responsibilities, acquires project resources, coordinates projects throughout the company, monitors project progress, and manages multiple projects. Knowledge of construction principles/practices required. Energetic and highly motivated with a strong sense of urgency. Knowledge and understanding of utility scale solar and storage projects. Ability to work with Microsoft Office Suite, On-Screen Estimating software, and ACC Build. Some Things You Should Know This position will be based out of St. Louis, MO No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does. We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs. The pace is fast! Why Clayco? 2025 Best Places to Work - St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, and Phoenix Business Journal. 2025 ENR Midwest - Midwest Contractor (#1). 2025 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms - Design-Build Contractor (Top 5). 2025 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors - Green Contractor (Top 3). 2025 ENR Top 25 Data Center Builders - Data Center Contractor (Top 3). Benefits Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance. Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more! Compensation The salary range for this position considers a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.