Senior Associate, Procurement

About the role

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high‑performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work‑life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech, delivering end‑to‑end technology solutions across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in support of national security.

Job Code: 42777

Location: Greenville, Texas (On‑site)

Schedule

9/80 schedule – regular off every other Friday, 1st shift.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a DoD (in‑scope) Secret Clearance; an active clearance is required.
• Draft, issue, and negotiate various contract vehicles, including RFPs, NDAs, Purchase Orders, Master Purchase and Service Agreements, Intercompany Work Authorizations, and others.
• Complete supplier selection while understanding and mitigating project risk; initiate corrective action with suppliers when necessary.
• Communicate with contacts inside and outside the Procurement department to explain and interpret operational processes, practices, and procedures.
• Develop, maintain, and manage relationships with suppliers to achieve program, customer, and corporate goals for sales, orders, and profit.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with cross‑functional partners to influence and guide stakeholders, customers, and external partners on procurement matters.
• Negotiate and coordinate additions, deletions, or modifications to procurements.
• May sign supplier agreements and purchase orders within established authority.
• Experience with militarized aircraft.
• SAP ERP experience.
• Work collaboratively with Supplier Quality.
• Practical understanding of procurement’s relationship with other functions; influence and gain trust to meet cash‑flow, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Intermediate negotiation skills in best value, lead times, pay terms, milestones, and execution of legal documents (e.g., PO, NDA, Long‑Term Agreements, Terms and Conditions) to align with customer needs.
• Available for business travel up to 10%.

Essential Functions

• Support estimating efforts for bid pursuits.
• Source, negotiate, and purchase parts, services, licenses, subscriptions, and other supplies necessary for operation.
• Review proposals, negotiate pricing and terms, select or recommend suppliers, analyze trends, follow up on orders, verify delivery schedules, approve payments, and maintain records; may also prepare RFPs and bid packages.
• Compile and analyze statistical data to determine feasibility of buying and repairing products and to establish price objectives.
• Evaluate bids and select suppliers based on price, delivery, quality, and service to obtain best overall value for L3Harris.
• Monitor supplier performance.
• Maintain close, professional, and courteous daily interaction with internal and external customers and all levels of leadership.
• Demonstrate strong organizational, prioritization, and multitasking abilities while interacting with multiple individuals simultaneously.
• Be willing to be on call, work overtime, weekends, and odd shifts as program support requires.

Qualifications

• Procurement sourcing, negotiation, and compliance experience (required).
• Experience in the aerospace industry (preferred).
• Ability to work closely with team members and a willingness to learn.
• Good verbal and written communication skills (required).
• Experience inputting and retrieving data in SAP (desired).
• Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Skills

• Practical knowledge of the job area.
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of related experience, or graduate degree/equivalent with 0‑2 years, or in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 6 years of related experience.