Are you looking to advance your career and flex your purchasing and supplier management skills in a rewarding industry, join our team! As a Purchasing Agent II, 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 work on complex procurements of significant dollar value, as well as manage multiple service type contracts.
The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains - air, land, sea, space and cyber. https://www.sncorp.com/company/business-areas/
This role is open to a hybrid schedule
Responsibilities:
Increasingly provide supply base expertise to SNC proposals and programs, knowing the suppliers well enough to be able to facilitate and guide cross-functional sourcing and supplier management activities
Ensure accurate requirements are defined and understood and accepted by the supplier(s)
Foster and lead supplier-related communication and relationships - information to and from the supplier will flow through you
Act as the Point of Contact between SNC / Program(s) and the supply base
As the Supply Management representative, you will own the relationship between SNC and your suppliers, even as you facilitate executive and PM interaction with these suppliers
Lead negotiations to include, but not limited to, deliverable requirements, terms and conditions, pricing, schedule, and simple milestone development
Document acquisitions and maintain files in compliance with government regulations, company policy, and best business practices, and provide audit support as required · Track and communicate progress on RFQs and POs
Identify risks and opportunities, and as assigned, develop risk management/mitigation plans and strategies
Status supply base activity to programs and the SCM organization
As assigned, develop and drive given Category strategy integration with stakeholders across the BA(s) and enterprise
You are the bridge between SNC and our supply base to ensure a collaborative approach to strategic thinking and problem solving - cross-functional collaboration both internally and externally will be expected
Support department goals including, but not limited to: on-time delivery, negotiations, and PR processing time, to name a few
Must-haves:
Bachelor's Degree in a related field and typically 2+ years of relevant experience
Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
Supply chain or logistics experience
Preferred:
Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) compliance
Experience working in CostPoint or other ERP systems
Microsoft Office Suite skills to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams
LI-Hybrid
SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more (https://www.sncorp.com/careers/total-rewards/) .
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
To conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.
Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances. (https://www.dcsa.mil/About/)
SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We're known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation's most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.
