Procurement Management Specialist

Bechtel Plant Machinery • Monroeville, PA

12h • Onsite

About The Position

As a Procurement Management Specialist at BPMI, you will perform business functions to support company operations in areas including but not limited to managing efforts associated with the effective business and operations of the department, company and Program. This includes assignments supporting operational management, budget management, supplier management, and program management of complex interrelated contracts.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in business management/administration or equivalent education from an accredited college or university.
• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience.
• Requires a security clearance; however, all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy security clearance is required.
• U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants.

Nice To Haves

• Greenbelt, Level 1 and/or Level 2 Procurement Certification, or CPSM/CPCM certification preferred.
• Possess a well-developed knowledge and strong application of fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of a Contract Management Professional.
• Create a positive workplace that is open to new ideas and change.
• Identify the need for change, persuade stakeholders that changes are necessary and beneficial, translate vision into strategy, and turn strategies into specific project plans of action.
• Mentor, coach, and train less experienced professionals on procurement, business and operational processes.
• Share best practices and lessons learned with other employees.
• Develop a firm understanding of company requirements and/or requests.
• Team with stakeholders to communicate needs and resolve issues, in support of company’s execution of work within evolving requirements.
• Lead company and/or department efforts to enhance information-sharing capability, teaming, and collaboration efforts, internally and externally.
• Achieve procurement, business and operational goals by driving value through oversight, benchmarking, evolving processes, and improving systems.
• Effective technical writing and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills capable of working collaboratively with colleagues.
• Desire to learn and adapt to new challenges.
• Creative and innovative problem-solving capabilities.
• Committed to maintaining high standards of quality.
• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team.
• Self-motivated with critical attention to details and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the company and/or department’s evolving growth opportunity plans and risk mitigation strategies to ensure the viability of cognizant major program’s component/equipment.
• Lead, as needed, in the negotiation and administration of the department’s significant procurement actions that comprise major programs, and aid fellow professionals with negotiations and administration of standard contracts.
• Team with procurement and technical leads to review project deadlines, critical paths, and analyze costs and schedules.
• Take action to resolve issues, delays, etc. and communicate proactively to all stakeholders to identify the problem and its impacts.
• Build stable internal relationships with department personnel, follow standard practices and procedures to help drive improved procurement and operational performance.
• Assist in the resolution of issues of limited to moderate scope, communicate proactively to all stakeholders to identify the problem and its impacts, and provide recommendations of various procurement, business, operational and/or contractual solutions.
• Follow established internal guidance to support procurement and operational functions.
• Assist in adjudication of potential contracting, business, and/or operational issues within the department, procurement community, and throughout the organization.
• Assist with procurement and company-wide functions ranging from process reviews, lean events, audits, and development opportunities.
• Conduct investigations and inquiries into assigned challenges/problems and/or improvement opportunities, develop and recommend solution alternatives.
• Assist in the design and implementation of change management and adoption of procurement, business, operational and/or contractual processes across department, accounting for all stakeholders.
• Gather and compile support data for the preparation of NAVSEA and Company requests (e.g., budget drills).
• Responsible for extracting data from the business systems and organize materials for the preparation of developing/updating metrics for management reviews.
• Assist with the preparation of the submittal of annual budget projection such as the Procurement Plan, NRTBP confirmation, and out-year business forecasts, along with analysis and perspective, as needed and/or requested.
• Analyze department cost performance for prime contracts, by reviewing Awarded Value against Placed-to-date and To Be Placed Values.
• Assist with NRTBP-management including reviewing budget authority (BA) / applied cost (AC) performance goals for the department.
• Compile, organize, update, and balance confirmation input on an as needed basis.
• Ensure the budget is balanced by Budget ID and Source of Fund (SOF).
• Develop understanding of actions associated with Continuing Resolution.
• Assist with requests for reports, routine and otherwise, to be issued to NAVSEA, department senior management, and/or BFO.
• Build effective working relationships with supplier management, gain a detailed understanding of supplier organizational structure and personnel, and drive improved supplier performance.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of supply base including subtier vulnerabilities and monitor supplier viability to ensure adequate sources of supply exist to support Program needs.
• Team with stakeholders to help develop risk mitigation strategies and detailed surveillance planning.
• Compile and analyze supplier information and BPMI data on a consistent basis to improve department and supplier operations.
• Work to understand and improve data analytics for utilization on future acquisition strategies and/or purchase order negotiations.
• Perform reasonableness reviews and analysis of supplier Forward Pricing Rates and help to resolve outstanding rate issues in support of supplier placements.
• Review and develop understanding of the details of supplier annual submittations.
• Support component negotiation through development of "win-win" solutions for overall strategic supplier relationships.

Benefits

• Competitive and attractive pay and benefits with a stable organization.
• Opportunities to participate in BPMI sponsored committees and clubs, each with their own mission and purpose.
• Career advancement and professional development programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level