Buy America Calculations Specialist – Salt Lake City, Utah

Key Activities

• Support by providing procurement calculations for bids, pre-audits, intermediate audits, final audits and other as required
• Act as BAA expert, assisting in the development/implementation of strategies and risk assessment to support Buy America compliance for projects across the business
• Timely completion of submissions and audit tasks
• Track, maintain and sustain all applicable content and statuses for each project and submissions
• Work with Procurement in collecting and analyzing supplier quotes
• Work with Supplier Management in assessments, performance and compliance reviews; applicable supplier auditing support when needed
• Inform Supplier Development/Management of risks/gaps to support and optimize programs via procurement strategies
• Perform internal project risk assessments and audits to support process, documentation and content compliance; preparations for external auditing
• Maintain all necessary documentation to verify performance of activities in relation to BAA as defined by the individual project requirements
• Create and maintain audit documentation and supporting database of Buy America data and submissions
• Prepare regular reports and dashboards for status reporting and visibility
• Manage and maintain tools, processes and work instructions to perform necessary tasks

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering or related field
• 2 + years of procurement and/or supply chain management experience in an industrial equipment manufacturing environment
• MRP/ERP and other systems experience required; proficient with MS Office Suite
• Excellent verbal and written communication at all levels
• Experience in railroad or transit equipment manufacturing preferred
• Experience with Buy America Act and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise requirements preferred
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality