Buyer/Procurement Analyst

Responsibilities

• Develops subcontract specifications, work statements, and terms and conditions for procurement of specialized materials, equipment, and services.
• Prepares bid packages, conducts bidders' conferences, analyzes and evaluates proposals, negotiates subcontract provisions, selects or recommends subcontractors, writes awards, and administers resulting subcontracts.
• Negotiates and coordinates additions, deletions, or modifications to subcontracts.
• Sources and purchases electronic components, build to print parts, machinery, equipment, tools, raw material, packaging materials, parts, services, and/or supplies in support of various programs.
• Compiles and analyzes statistical data to help determine feasibility of buying products and to help establish price objectives.
• Compiles information to keep informed on price trends and manufacturing processes.
• Confers with suppliers and learns to analyze suppliers operations to determine factors that affect prices and determines lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules.
• Reviews proposals, negotiates prices, recommends suppliers, analyzes trends, follows up orders placed, verifies delivery, approves payment, and maintains necessary records.
• May prepare bid packages.
• Works with many internal and external departments and customers.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience; or 2+ years of professional experience with a related Master's degree.