Purchasing Agent III
About The Position
Are you looking for an opportunity to deepen your purchasing and supplier management skills in a meaningful work environment that supports and protects explorers and heroes? Join our team! As a Purchasing Agent III, you'll be using your skills and expertise to purchase materials, supplies, and services on the most favorable terms for the organization. You'll be responsible for qualifying our suppliers, monitoring and ensuring our supplier quality and delivery, evaluating bids, negotiating prices and terms for purchased goods and services, tracking purchases, and maintaining a current database of our supplier information. Additionally, you'll provide subject matter expertise on complex procurements of significant dollar value, as well as independently manage multiple service type contracts. You'll help with the planning of the process for the purchasing function, and support programs. The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations – with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field and typically 6 or more years of relevant experience
- Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
- Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
- Procurement experience
- The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required
- U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) compliance
- Strong understanding of all aspects of finance and accounting related to procurement
- Complete understanding of the full cycle of procurement processes
Responsibilities
- purchase materials, supplies, and services on the most favorable terms for the organization
- qualifying our suppliers
- monitoring and ensuring our supplier quality and delivery
- evaluating bids
- negotiating prices and terms for purchased goods and services
- tracking purchases
- maintaining a current database of our supplier information
- provide subject matter expertise on complex procurements of significant dollar value
- independently manage multiple service type contracts
- help with the planning of the process for the purchasing function
- support programs
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision plans
- 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%
- life insurance
- 3 weeks paid time off
- tuition reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
