Procurement Associate
SAIC•Oak Ridge, TN
•Remote
About The Position
SAIC is seeking a Procurement Associate to procure goods and administer purchase orders of low dollar value, risk, and complexity. This role may be remote anywhere in the US for the right candidate. The associate will source, negotiate, and purchase a variety of items including IT Hardware and software, fabricated parts, machinery, equipment, tools, raw material, packaging materials, parts, services, and/or supplies and incidental services necessary for the operation of an organization or program.
Requirements
- Procure goods and administer purchase orders of low dollar value, risk, and complexity
- Source, negotiate and purchase IT Hardware and software, fabricated parts, machinery, equipment, tools, raw material, packaging materials, parts, services, and/or supplies and incidental services necessary for operation of an organization or program
- Prepare requests for Quotes/Proposals (RFQ/P) and bid packages in accordance with prime contract requirements
- Issue and maintain purchase orders for goods supporting SAIC’s customers (DOD, Federal or Civilian Agencies)
- Compile and analyze statistical data to determine feasibility of buying products and to establish price objectives
- Monitor performance of suppliers
- Compile information to keep informed on price trends and manufacturing processes
- Evaluate areas of opportunity to leverage material acquisitions
- Track data to keep informed on price trends and manufacturing processes
- Negotiate with suppliers and analyze suppliers' operations to determine factors that affect favorable prices and to determine lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules
- Review proposals, negotiate prices and other provisions of purchase orders and other contract types, ensuring consistency with end-user requirements and procurement policies/procedures, select or recommend suppliers, analyze trends, follow up orders placed, verify delivery, approve payments, and maintain necessary records
- Review license agreements, negotiate terms and conditions, and work with requester, legal, cyber security and privacy to reduce and mitigate risk to SAIC
- Closeout for all procurement related activities and supplier customer management, including negotiating price/cost and price/cost-related terms and other contract provisions
- Recommend improvements to procurement processes and procedures
- Solve routine problems of limited scope and complexity following established policies and procedures
Responsibilities
- Prepare requests for Quotes/Proposals (RFQ/P) and bid packages in accordance with prime contract requirements
- Issue and maintain purchase orders for goods supporting SAIC’s customers (DOD, Federal or Civilian Agencies)
- Compile and analyze statistical data to determine feasibility of buying products and to establish price objectives
- Monitor performance of suppliers
- Compile information to keep informed on price trends and manufacturing processes
- Evaluate areas of opportunity to leverage material acquisitions
- Track data to keep informed on price trends and manufacturing processes
- Negotiate with suppliers and analyze suppliers' operations to determine factors that affect favorable prices and to determine lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules
- Review proposals, negotiate prices and other provisions of purchase orders and other contract types, ensuring consistency with end-user requirements and procurement policies/procedures, select or recommend suppliers, analyze trends, follow up orders placed, verify delivery, approve payments, and maintain necessary records
- Review license agreements, negotiate terms and conditions, and work with requester, legal, cyber security and privacy to reduce and mitigate risk to SAIC
- Closeout for all procurement related activities and supplier customer management, including negotiating price/cost and price/cost-related terms and other contract provisions
- Assume other responsibilities as requested in support of departmental goals and objectives
- Recommend improvements to procurement processes and procedures
- Solve routine problems of limited scope and complexity following established policies and procedures
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
