Job Summary
Exciting opportunity for a Senior Buyer to work within a DoD Purchasing team, located in San Diego, CA.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Interprets and develops purchasing policies and procedures.
• Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and applicable government regulations.
• Maintains an awareness of regulatory changes.
• Review and analysis of statistical data to determine feasibility of buying products and to establish price objectives.
• Leads cost and pricing reviews with program management and customers.
• Identifies, develops and selects qualified suppliers and evaluates supplier reliability.
• Follows up, expedites, and negotiates changes relative to delivery and supplier performance.
• Ensures competitive and sole source procurements meet contract/subcontract objectives/directives, timetables and documentation requirements.
• Conducts major procurement negotiations.
• Reviews, interprets, and makes recommendations regarding negotiated terms and conditions.
• Reviews and analyzes suppliers’ bids and performs cost and/or price analysis.
• Identifies purchasing issues and provides leadership in developing innovation solutions.
• Represents the organization as a primary purchasing consultant on assigned contracts/subcontracts to internal and external customers and suppliers.
• Makes presentations to internal and external representatives as required.
• Provides guidance and leadership to less experienced professional purchasing and support staff.
• Participate in the selection, development, and training of purchasing staff.
• Validates purchase requisitions, selects or recommends suppliers, develops and solicits bids, analyzes and evaluates responses, negotiates prices and other terms, monitors delivery, approves payment, and maintains necessary records.
• Responsible for observing all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.
• Expected to work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
• Acts as a resource for available or potential suppliers and reviews and evaluates their operations to validate cost, quality, reliability, and ability to meet schedule and program requirements.
• Interprets established policies, procedures, and standard practices to develop proactive plans to ensure that purchasing activities achieve desired objectives and timetables.
• Performs others duties as assigned or required.

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in business administration or related discipline along with six or more years of progressive professional purchasing experience. Equivalent professional purchasing experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
• Must have a comprehensive and thorough understanding of purchasing theories, concepts and principles.
• Experience with FAR and related governmental rules and regulations; and experience demonstrating a broad application of those theories, concepts, principles and regulations.
• Must be customer focused and possess: (1) the ability to develop innovative solutions to a variety of unusually complex problems; (2) excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills to accurately document and report findings and communicate new concepts to a variety of audiences; (3) excellent interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and guide employees, managers, customers and other external parties; (4) the ability to organize, schedule and coordinate multiple work phases; (5) the ability to lead less experienced professional employees on projects; and, (6) excellent computer skills.
• SAP experience is desirable.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team is essential.
• Ability to work extended hours and travel as required.
• Travel as required.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.