Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

Job description:

Job Summary

As a Procurement Specialist, you’ll coordinate purchasing and sourcing activities to help teams secure the materials and services they need. You’ll manage supplier relationships, evaluate pricing and contract terms, and support compliant, efficient procurement across the supply chain. This role works closely with stakeholders in areas such as manufacturing, logistics, quality, and production planning.

Duties

This Senior Procurement Specialist/Buyer role will support the Spares purchases for Radford Facilities

• In charge of identifying, qualifying, and onboarding global suppliers with consideration of achieving the sector offset targets and other business objectives
• Demonstrate technical capability in order to communicate effectively with design / component engineering on quality improvement topics and cost reduction / design change opportunities both internally and within the supply base
• Exhibit good interpersonal skills in order to grow supplier relationships in order to support our business needs • Identify and collaborate with internal stakeholders and suppliers to introduce new and innovative technologies and processes to improve margins and service delivery
• Monitor and evaluate global markets trends, intervene to manage/mitigate the impact of supply shortfalls or price adjustments, or market opportunities
• Responsible for leading and implementing long-term strategic projects and executing long-term strategic supplier agreements
• Drives strategic initiatives, manages and fully executes the RFQ process, analyzes supplier bids and makes sourcing decisions • Development of suppliers approved for quote while collaborating with program and category teams
• Enhance and strengthen supplier relationships
• Further the development and implementation of long-term strategic projects and engage in a high degree of collaboration and communication with commodity managers, tactical buyers and other integrated supply chain areas
• Ability to analyze forecasted data and suppliers’ bids
• Applies continuous improvement techniques and methods to internal processes and systems to increase efficiency and reduction of cost
• Ensure appropriate cost or price analysis is performed to determine the reasonableness of the supplier’s bid or to develop a negotiation position to ensure that all compliance documentation requirements are met
• Responsible for the prompt close-out of completed orders
• Responsible for total supplier performance throughout the life cycle of procured materials and services

Experience in the Defense Industry Experience in ITAR restrictions and FAR/DFAR requirements Experience in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Experience in Supplier audits

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

With almost four decades of experience as a proven industry leader, Acro continues to be consistently recognized among the Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in the United States. As an international professional services firm with deep expertise in consulting and staff augmentation offering a variety of solutions including MSP, VMS, RPO, HRO (and more), Acro operates across North America, Europe, and Asia from over 30 locations. Acro’s client portfolio includes some of the most well-known names in business and provides services across all verticals including technology, aerospace, energy, automotive, government, and manufacturing. To learn more, please visit

Company Description

With almost four decades of experience as a proven industry leader, Acro continues to be consistently recognized among the Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in the United States. As an international professional services firm with deep expertise in consulting and staff augmentation offering a variety of solutions including MSP, VMS, RPO, HRO (and more), Acro operates across North America, Europe, and Asia from over 30 locations. Acro’s client portfolio includes some of the most well-known names in business and provides services across all verticals including technology, aerospace, energy, automotive, government, and manufacturing. To learn more, please visit