Leidos is seeking a Buyer to support its Strategic Sourcing team. The Buyer is responsible for the procurement of various components, machines, and equipment. Telework options will be considered.
Primary Responsibilities
A Buyer is responsible for the development and negotiation of favorable prices on higher complexity procurements, including terms, schedules and other provisions of purchase orders and acquisition contracts, ensuring consistency with client requirements and procurement policies/procedures under supervisor guidance.
Purchase order administration/file maintenance, closeout for all procurement related activities and supplier customer management.
Creating solicitations, supporting proposals, conducting price and cost analysis, negotiating price/cost and price/cost-related terms and other subcontract provisions. Procurement of higher complexity and risk, involving complex supplier negotiations.
Confers with suppliers and analyzes suppliers' operations to determine factors that affect prices and determines lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules.
Reviews proposals and selects or recommends suppliers based on gathered information.
Recommend improvements to procurement processes and procedures.
Completes larger procurements with some manager oversight.
Basic Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree coupled with 2-4 years of relevant experience; OR a master’s degree with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience. A H.S. Diploma coupled with 8+ years of relevant experience may be considered. Prior experience buying tangible goods is required.
· Experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
· Strong oral and written communication skills.
· Strong Customer Service mentality.
· Ability to multi-task and strong organizational skills.
· Prior experience buying tangible goods is required.
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
· Ability to work in fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
· Costpoint experience preferred.
· Knowledge in government contracts preferred.
· Familiarity with Federal Acquisition Regulations.
· Terms and Conditions negotiation experience preferred.
· Knowledge of build to print, fabricated parts, and components preferred.
We’re not looking for perfectly polished resumes or perfect fits. We’re looking for people who break limits, ask hard questions, and don’t wait to be told what’s next. At Leidos, we’re not following the roadmap — we’re redrawing it.
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.