Procurement Project Specialist

About the Role

VTG is seeking a Procurement Project Specialist to support our Virginia Beach, VA corporate office. This is a hybrid position with a minimum of two days onsite.

What You Will Do

Supports the Supply Chain Function by:

• Receiving procurement requirements from Logistics in spreadsheet format with requirements to include materials and services
• Applying understanding of the purchasing process, responsibilities and ethical standards for the procurement of those materials and services
• Following FAR/DFARS guidelines to process, evaluate and execute purchasing actions

Supports the operations function by:

• Analyzing the requirements of the commodity, including preliminary specifications, preferred supplier, and date commodity is needed, obtaining best value, expediting and providing timely project closeout
• Preparing and issuing Request for Quotation/Proposal
• Evaluating vendor quotations and using appropriate purchasing technique to ensure quality, price, delivery, and service objectives are met
• Negotiating lowest cost balanced against the optimum quality and schedule needs to meet contractual commitments determining best value and fair & reasonableness when applicable using price/cost analysis and data or other accepted justification
• Submitting purchasing requisition information to Logistics via accepted spreadsheet for Requisition Inputting
• Issuing/implementing purchase contracts via purchase order that comply with company and government regulations
• Expediting commodities for timely delivery and investigating delinquent purchase orders
• Coordinating return of goods for replacement and/or credit following Company Work Instructions
• Reviewing Purchase Order file documentation for completeness and correctness, maintaining shipping notices, amendments and other documents to assure accurate retention of records
• Coordinating with Accounting Department to ensure proper receipt and payment of invoices
• Ensuring Purchase Order Files are properly maintained, closed-out & stored

Assists in the following when needed:

• Compiling material spreadsheets from Bill of Material
• Analyzing requirements of the commodity, including preliminary specifications
• Researching part #, NSN & MILSPEC, if applicable, using WEBFLIS, IHS, vendor contacts/resources or other approved domain

Qualifications

• High school diploma plus four years of work related experience, or Associate's degree plus two years of work related experience, or Bachelor's degree
• Two years of procurement experience
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Order processing systems and knowledge of and experience with MS Office applications and advance working knowledge of MS Excel
• Working knowledge of Deltek Costpoint system, preferred
• Working knowledge of FAR/DFAR, preferred
• Must be a US Citizen

Pay

VTG's estimated starting pay range is $27.00-30.00 per hour, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.