L3Harris

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Procurement

Job Location: Hybrid in Philadelphia, PA

Schedule: 9/80

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

About L3Harris Technologies:

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Description:

Maintain strategic alliances and partnerships that have already been established by the Purchasing organization. Perform negotiations, price analysis and order justifications. Streamline the order fulfillment process to ensure suppliers’ quality and delivery meet performance metrics. Conduct conference calls and establish strong lines of communications with assigned vendors. Understand the Company “Terms and Conditions”, especially the “Specification and Requirements” portion and flow down to the supply base. Immediately escalate any issues to a management and recommend a proper course of action. Make sure all procurements meet and are in compliance with corporate and L3Harris policies and procedures including signature authority. Ensure that the supplier is competent to perform service or manufacture product by assisting in performing a capabilities and risk assessment.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible to procure and manage assigned commodities to enable L3 Harris production. This includes purchase order issuance and maintenance, administration of engineering changes, costing and cost project administration and purchased material cost analysis 
• Create PO package with all required documentation; i.e., Price Analysis, Justification Worksheet, Order acknowledgement, PPV, Excess, etc. 
• Lead supplier negotiations and the supplier selection process 
• Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities, as well as overall material cost control 
• Manage supplier relationships of those commodities assigned, and assist in the development and implementation of supplier base strategies 
• Resolving supplier base problems, including negotiations on Non-Conformances, invoicing, receipt discrepancy, terms and conditions, and service levels 
• Provide training, guidance and coaching Procurement Agents in non-supervisory role
• Assist with Marketing requests including running Price Models to determine material costs for a proposed project 
• Control and manage the inventory integrity of purchased items in the MRP data base associated with the commodities 
• Provide guidance to the company on key events in the selected commodities that may effect the business plans of the company 
• Seek out new suppliers, and new processes and keep the company abreast of these developments 
• Maintain documentation control in compliance with FAR regulations and company procedures and policies 
• Implement strategic goals as established by leadership and manage selected projects as assigned.
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a digital/remote environment

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• 4+ years of professional experience in purchasing wihtin an MRP (ERP) driven manufacturing environment.
• Proven professional history and experience involving procurement negotiations.
• Experience in government / FAR buying environment is required. 
• Contract experience, including knowledge of terms and conditions, and other procurement agreement related experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Understanding and working knowledge of engineering documentation, product configuration.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Strong technical literacy.
• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification preferred.