Tactical Buyer II
The Judge Group
Title - Tactical Buyer
Location - Kent, Washington and Florida (Merrit Island, or Melbourne)
Duration - 6+ Months Prescreen questions
The Tactical Buyer will support procurement operations for government contracts, executing strategic sourcing activities and managing supplier relationships to ensure on-time delivery of materials, components, and services. This role requires a strong blend of procurement expertise and manufacturing knowledge to effectively support program requirements while ensuring compliance with government regulations and company policies.
Key Responsibilities:
Location - Kent, Washington and Florida (Merrit Island, or Melbourne)
Duration - 6+ Months Prescreen questions
- Describe your experience procuring for government contracts. How familiar are you with FAR/DFARS requirements?
- Tell me about a time when your manufacturing knowledge helped you solve a procurement challenge.
- How do you ensure compliance documentation and audit readiness in your procurement activities?
The Tactical Buyer will support procurement operations for government contracts, executing strategic sourcing activities and managing supplier relationships to ensure on-time delivery of materials, components, and services. This role requires a strong blend of procurement expertise and manufacturing knowledge to effectively support program requirements while ensuring compliance with government regulations and company policies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Execute tactical procurement activities for government contract programs, ensuring compliance with FAR/DFARS and other applicable regulations
- Manage purchase order lifecycle from requisition through receipt, including expediting, resolving discrepancies, and supplier performance management
- Leverage manufacturing background to effectively communicate technical requirements with suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Negotiate pricing, terms, and delivery schedules with suppliers while maintaining cost, quality, and schedule targets
- Collaborate with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and program management teams to support production schedules
- Conduct supplier performance reviews and drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Maintain accurate procurement records and support audit requirements for government contracts
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks while developing contingency plans
- Previous experience in tactical buying/procurement
- Manufacturing or production environment experience
- Government contracts procurement experience (FAR/DFARS familiarity)
- Strong negotiation and supplier management skills
- Interprets and applies company, policies, procedures, work instructions, business standards and U.S. government regulations, i.e., FAR, DFAR, SOX Compliance
- Ensure timely and effective completion of projects and initiatives of the supply chain department.
- Ability to write price reasonableness determinations / price analyses of all types per FAR requirements
- Experience supporting negotiations of all types, including, but not limited to, pricing, terms and conditions, FAR / customer contract flowdowns, and schedule
- Working understanding of AS9100 standards
- Knowledge of Engineering Data such as specifications, drawings, & statements of work
- Proven ability to meet tight deadlines, multi-task, and prioritize workload
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
- Experience in procurement of avionics, machined parts, raw materials
- Experience working in Costpoint, Exostar, Windchill, SharePoint, JIRA, Tableau
- Experience working with Certified Cost or Pricing Data
- Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of experience, Master's degree with 1+ years of experience in Business Administration/Management, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or related degree
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