Are you looking for an opportunity to use 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 I, 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. This role will serve as an EMP subject matter expert, helping verify that systems/subsystems meet specific survivability requirements to ensure operation through a nuclear event. In addition, this individual will be responsible for maintaining communication between multiple subcontractors to support requirements development, proved technical oversight, and review/approve subcontractor documentation.

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.

Responsibilities:

You'll be responsible for preparing our bid packages, developing evaluation criteria, analyzing and evaluating our proposals, negotiating procurement provisions, selecting or recommending new suppliers and administering our procurements. Additionally, you'll administer standard procurement agreements, such as Firm Fixed Price (FFP), through the entire procurement lifecycle, and will participate and lead minor to moderate negotiations of terms, price, and schedule, and will monitor supplier performance.

Qualifications You Must Have:

Bachelor's Degree in a related field and typically 0-2 or more years of relevant experienceHigher education may substitute for relevant experienceRelevant experience may be considered in lieu of required educationComprehensive written, verbal and analytical skillsAbility to manage multiple proposals at one timeA "can do" attitudeAbility to resolve conflicts in a professional mannerAbility to critically think about situations and/or problems (ie. How does this decision impact future business?)Excellent time management skills (ie. ability to identify & understand priorities) Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, OneNote, One Drive, Share Point, Etc.)Navigation/Understanding of FAR/DFARS and similar USG Acquisition provisionsPre-Solicitation/Solicitation Experience (Source Selection, Supplier setup/qualification) Pre-Award Experience (Price Analysis, Market Research, Procurement Summaries, Negotiations)Award/Post Award Experience (Total Procurement Ownership, Modifications, Invoicing, Closeout)Audit Experience (AS9100, CPSR, DCAA/DCMA Periodic Audits, Incurred Cost Audits, Security Audits, FAA Audits, etc.) Total Procurement Management (Source to Pay) experience at and below $35k with no supervisionStrong written and verbal communication skillsWell informed in Transient radiation effects on electronics: Total Dose, neutron displacement damage, neutron single event effects, prompt dose upset/latchup/burnoutEducated in hardness assurance processes detailed in MIL-HDBK-814 through 817 and MIL-STD-1766Support overall system needs and act as a technical consultant in radiation effects for design teams, management, and customersAbility to decompose requirements to meet mission objectivesExperience Comfortable working in multi-disciplinary design and development teamsKnowledge of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation; systems design, systems integration, technical risk identification and management strategies, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles

Qualifications We Prefer:

Advanced Microsoft Excel skillsTypically, 1-2 years or more of relevant experienceHigher education may substitute for relevant experienceCost Point Deltek Experience SAP Concur ExperienceIvalua Procurement SoftwareExperience with requirements management and system modelling tools, such as DOORS, Rhapsody, NoMagic, MATLAB, Cameo, or IMSExperience or certification in MIL standardsProvide radiation test support to include test planning, selecting appropriate exposure rates, identify parameter to monitor, develop test circuits, performing the testing, conducting data analysis, and generating a report.Experience in component level, circuit card level, and system level testing in all radiation environments.Familiarity with Thermal Flash and Electromagnetic Pusle effects / documentation, including MIL-STD-3023, MIL-STD-2169, and MIL-STD-810.Experience in electrical design: Circuit design/simulation evaluations, circumvention and recovery methods, photocurrent transient protection mitigationsConduct reliability analysis such as SEE rate calculations, FIT rate contributions, and tolerance limits for normal/lognormal distributions.Knowledgeable in environmental modeling and radiation transport analysis

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.

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.

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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.