Requisition Number: 9391
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Hours Per Week: 40
Security Clearance: Secret
Level of Experience: Mid
Job Description
Job Description
Huntington Ingalls Industries (Mission Technologies) is seeking an experienced Procurement Specialist to join a mission in Dayton, Ohio. The Procurement Specialist will support the customer at Wright-Patterson AFB in executing government customer requirements. This position will support day-to-day management of equipment purchasing for the Prime contractor and will work with vendors, engineers, and customer leads to ensure proper priority of equipment purchases in order to meet delivery requirements. Purchase will include short turnaround requirements as well as long term large scale purchases.
Tracking status of pending procurement activities
Experience utilizing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / automated purchasing system (preferably CostPoint)
Coordination of procurement of material per customer needs and requests
Requests and evaluates supplier proposals for satisfying selection criteria, awarding contracts, leverage opportunities, and pricing data.
Conducts negotiations on price, technical requirements, terms, and conditions of the contract; obtains audits and pricing reports where needed to develop negotiation strategy.
Ability to work in a DoD senior level environment and communicate with DoD leadership, diverse end users, and multiple acquisition and operation authorities.
Ability to work as a proxy for e-time & e-expense compliance outflows
Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work well under pressure.
Work closely with Customers to maintain a clear understanding of customer technical requirements
Track multiple active procurements via ongoing communication with vendors and suppliers, confirming lead times, and delivery dates
Associate's Degree (required) with 6+yeasrs experience, Bachelor's Degree (preferred) with 2+ years, or 8+ experience in lieu of experience
4+ years' experience in purchasing
Proficient in Microsoft application with an emphasis on Excel
Strong oral and written communication skills
Resourcefulness and ability to take the initiative in development and completion of assigned tasks
Active SECRET clearance highly preferred
Eligible to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET government security clearance with enhanced security checks
Essential Job Responsibilities
Procures, sources and negotiates the buying of machinery, equipment, tools, raw material, packaging materials, parts, services, and/or supplies necessary for operation of an organization. Compiles and analyzes statistical data to determine feasibility of buying products and to establish price objectives. Monitors performance of suppliers. Evaluates areas of opportunity to leverage material acquisitions. Tracks data to keep informed on price trends and market dynamics. Negotiates with suppliers and analyzes suppliers' operations to determine factors that affect prices and to determine lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules. Reviews proposals, negotiates prices, selects or recommends suppliers, analyzes trends, and maintains necessary records. May prepare request for proposals (RFP) and bid packages.
Minimum Qualifications
3 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 1 year relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 7 years relevant experience.
Physical Requirements
Job performance will normally require only minor lifting and carrying of boxes of records or equipment.
This opportunity resides with Cyber & Electronic Warfare, a business group within HII's Mission Technologies division. HII works within our nation's intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace. Our deep expertise in network architecture, software and hardware development, cybersecurity and the electromagnetic environment uniquely enables us to support sensitive missions for federal agency partners.
HII is a global engineering and defense technologies provider. With a 135-year history of trusted partnerships in advancing U.S. national security, HII delivers critical capabilities ranging from the most powerful and survivable naval ships ever built, to unmanned systems, ISR and AI/ML analytics. HII leads the industry in mission-driven solutions that support and enable a networked, all-domain force. Headquartered in Virginia, HII's skilled workforce is 44,000 strong. For more information, please visit: hii.com (https://huntingtoningalls.com/) .
HII is an Equal Opportunity/Vets and Disabled Employer. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.
