Senior Buyer

Program Description

The C&A Purchasing Department is responsible for the following activities in support of the Frederick National Laboratory: acquisition of commercial goods and services, equipment maintenance and repair, fleet service and training for program areas in the use of ERP systems.

Key Roles/Responsibilities

• Be responsible for procuring and contracting for a wide variety of commercial commodities and services of high dollar value, risk and complexity
• Provide a full range of contracting duties ranging from acquisition planning to contract award including, researching and preparing specifications for the purpose of facilitating competition, negotiating terms and conditions, and analyzing bids for specification compliance, price, delivery commitments and past performance
• Ensure compliance standards are followed for file preparation, maintenance and full documentation requirements
• Focus of this position will be the solicitation, negotiation and award of commercial goods and services including IT purchases, laboratory supplies, biologicals, chemicals, and commercial services

Basic Qualifications

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:

• Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university according to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation CHEA (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education). Foreign degrees must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency
• In addition to education requirements, a minimum of two (2) years of related experience in procurement/contracting
• Experience processing and completing moderately complex purchase orders and contracts
• Ability to develop contract modifications, investigate contract discrepancies and exercise contract options
• Ability to provide full life cycle management of commercial contracts and orders ranging from reviewing the purchase request or statement of work to managing the executed unilateral or bilateral contract
• Experience negotiating terms and conditions for contracts
• Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
• Intermediate level experience with Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of procurement processes
• Strong problem solving and reasoning skills to effectively deal with problems varying in complexity
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills
• Ability to provide exceptional customer service
• Ability to travel if needed for business purposes
• Candidate must reside within commuting distance of the Frederick, Maryland office and be available to work onsite as required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with or in support of a government contracting office
• Experience with Deltek Costpoint
• Experience with International procurement actions (Imports)

Pay

54,100.00 - 79,715.00 USD