Sr Buyer

About the role

The Sr Buyer role focuses on procurement for construction and facilities projects, managing suppliers, ensuring compliance, and driving cost efficiency to support project objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform day‑to‑day procurement activities for construction and facilities projects
• Develop and manage strategic suppliers and contractors
• Evaluate procurement processes to identify improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with facilities and project leads to select suppliers and bid projects
• Prepare RFP/RFQ packages and evaluate responses
• Conduct price and cost analysis to support award decisions
• Issue and manage fixed‑price and cost‑type contracts
• Ensure compliance with procurement practices and achieve best value
• Use Costpoint and/or Coupa to create purchase orders and change orders
• Negotiate and execute supplier agreements, including terms, conditions, and NDAs
• Monitor supplier performance, conduct business reviews, and develop improvement plans
• Serve as escalation point for purchasing discrepancies and supplier performance issues

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years tactical purchasing/supply chain experience
• Understanding of avionics systems and components, including software and hardware
• Strong skills in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams
• Ability to work independently and cross‑functionally
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional organizational and analytical skills
• Experience with cost and price analysis
• Above average knowledge of cost‑type contracting
• U.S. citizenship, national, permanent resident, refugee, or asylum status
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, economics, finance, engineering, or a related field

Preferred Skills

• Experience in construction and facilities purchasing
• Experience with public purchasing procedures
• Federal Acquisition Regulations knowledge or experience
• Experience with Costpoint and Coupa purchasing systems and JIRA Atlassian software
• APICS, CPM, or CSCP certification or equivalent
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred