Position Title: Buyer
Location: Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO or Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL
Relocation Assistance: None available at this time
Remote/Telework: NO - Not available for this position
Clearance Type: DoD Secret
Shift: Day shift
Travel Required: Up to 10% of the time
Description of Duties:
The Buyer supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will:
• Under general direction, purchase a high volume and variety of materials, supplies and services.
• Typically possess the authority to place purchase orders valued up to $75,000.
o May be assigned higher value tasks with oversight from senior level staff.
• Develop effective and accurate organization skills to monitoring own purchase orders.
• Work within the management team ensuring that all deliveries satisfy the assigned order(s) and report any back ordered and/or missing products, effectively communicating with management team and ensuring all orders are accurate.
• Review requisitions, solicits/evaluates bids, recommends and selects suppliers for award of purchase orders.
• Negotiate price, quality, and delivery lead times
• Award purchase orders & P-card awards.
• Comply with corporate policies, procedures, and underlying Federal, state, and/or local regulations concerning the purchase and/or shipment of goods, materials, and services.
• Perform oversight on all awarded purchase orders until delivery/completion of goods/services.
• Maintain the highest levels of fairness, business ethics and personal ethical conduct.
• Recruits and maintains responsive suppliers providing high quality products and services at fair and reasonable prices.
• Rate suppliers for production capability, past performance, and timeliness of deliveries.
• Negotiate with suppliers, settles damage claims, rejections, losses, return of materials, over-shipments, cancellations,
• and engineering change orders.
• Assist in the development of systems to evaluate vendor quotations utilizing appropriate negotiation and purchasing
• techniques to ensure quality, price and timely delivery of supplies and services.
• Maintain detailed files and records suitable for audit by internal and external auditors.
Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as an employee for one of our teammate companies.
Basic Requirements:
• Must have 6 months, or more, of administrative work experience
• Must have experience with Microsoft Office (word, excel, powerpoint, etc)
• Must have, or obtain, an active DoD Secret Security Clearance
Desired Requirements:
• Have experience purchasing a variety of material types and working under a DCMA approved purchasing system
• Have experience working within the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
This position is expected to pay $31.25/hr - $38.46/hr; depending on experience, education, and any certifications that are directly related to the position.
This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days. If a candidate has not been selected at that time, it will continue to be posted until a suitable candidate is selected or the position is closed.
Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things that you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Typical benefits offered include flexible work schedules, educational reimbursement, retirement benefits (401K match), employee stock purchase plan, health benefits, tax saving options, disability benefits, life and accident insurance, voluntary benefits, paid time off and paid holidays, and parental leave.
