Purchasing Officer

From Takeoff to Contract

The role of a purchasing officer in a project based business will vary greatly depending on where you work.

Your scope could range from a centralised purchasing role to site administration assistant lasting the life of project.

You may be involved in several of these activities:

• Expedite
• Re-estimate
• Meeting Reps
• Control Inventory
• Reconcile Invoices
• Administer Contracts
• Negotiate Subcontractors
• Purchase Materials & Equipment

Without Muli you could be doing takeoffs from drawings and then requesting a quote package of items to be priced. But you would be prone to making errors when assessing what's in and out of scope.

Muli gives you a procedure that will assist. You use the quantity information in Muli's Estimating module to request a quote package. Then feed pricing from the subcontractors' quotes into the estimate so you can make comparisons. You can also make adjustments to effectively compare “bottom lines”.

When you win new business you would:

• review the information with your Project Manager and Subcontractor
• take into account new documentation supplied by the client
• raise a formal contract using the documentation facility within Muli

Muli helps you fulfill your purchasing role:

• in a timely manner
• ensuring an acceptable margin
• and ensuring all risks are quantified and included in the contract

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