Sr. Associate, Procurement (Buyer)
Huntsville, Alabama
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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 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies Company, is seeking a Sr. Associate, Procurement (Buyer) for our facility in Huntsville, AL.
Performs procurement activities that range from Preliminary Contract Award, Pre-Contact Award, and Post Contract and Supplier relations. Requires in-depth working knowledge and application of procurement concepts, practices, and techniques. Typical responsibilities include:
- Issue and manage request for quotes (RFQ) to suppliers for new procurement efforts
- Monitoring supplier performance through use of internal production/manufacturing schedules
- Work directly with the Price Cost Analysis team
- Selecting payment type.
- Conducting informal negotiations, which may lead to a written contract.
- Issuing contract modifications.
- Work directly with program team members to determine the supplier that would best support program and customer needs
- Manage each contract award to maintain delivery schedule and work directly with the supplier to mitigate any risk to schedule.
- May issue Firm Fixed Price, Time, Material and Labor Hour purchase orders, Blanket Purchase Agreements, Service Agreements and Cost type contacts.
Essential Functions:
- Handles fundamental procurement activities including acquisition of materials, components and services at realistic and competitive prices, which meet schedule, safety and quality standards.
- Performs price/cost analysis.
- Provides proposal support.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline and two (2) years of directly related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Desire:
- Familiar with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) or (DFAR), codes and procedures pertaining to procurement and contractual agreements, as well as principles and practices of purchasing.
- Buyer experience within DoD environment
- Knowledge of procurement documentation, methods and techniques utilized in determining and analyzing the quality of equipment, materials, services and supplies.
- Knowledge of methods of invoicing, including shipping and handling charges, discounts and taxes.
- Ability to interpret, apply and explain applicable purchasing policies and procedures.
- Ability to conduct price analysis and simple proposal evaluations.
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