M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

Strategic Sourcing Manager

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeTysons, VA, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience.
A bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
Relevant purchasing experience sourcing and negotiating contracts with original equipment manufacturers, construction or specialty-trade subcontractors, and fabricators.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, SharePoint, and Microsoft Excel.
Familiarity with business, finance, and accounting principles.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
Ability to understand and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and project schedules.
Ability to apply general rules to specific problems and produce sensible answers.
Ability to listen to, understand, and identify another person's speech; communicate information clearly when speaking; and read and understand written information.

Responsibilities

Work closely with core program and project teams to manage high-visibility, high-value programs.
Plan procurement during the bidding phase by understanding contract specifications and estimated bills of material, outlining an initial procurement plan for equipment, devices, subcontractors, and other procurements, and reconciling the final pre-award plan with the estimate.
Develop comprehensive requests for proposals or quotations for each vendor package, identifying best-value components and total acquisition cost.
Source and prequalify two to three viable vendors for each procurement package, evaluating scope, capacity, capabilities, capital, supply chain, acceptance of subcontract clauses, terms, conditions, and attachments.
Track, analyze, and compare quotes; add analyses for each vendor to the quotes matrix.
Work with project and engineering teams to confirm completeness of supply and service scope.
Negotiate and finalize agreements.
Transition the bid-phase procurement plan, documents, and knowledge to the project team through a formal handoff, validating that it reconciles with the estimate.
Maintain the procurement plan, aiming to place 80% of orders before the project is 20% complete.
Monitor deliveries until inspected and received; close out the procurement plan, including open commitments.
Track and report discrepancies and implemented corrective actions.
Capture and communicate market intelligence across projects and programs.
Incorporate current market conditions into procurement plans, including pricing trends, lead times and logistics, best-value opportunities, alternative or substitute products and potential material or labor savings, and evolving contract-compliance requirements.
Travel to project sites, manufacturers, and vendors as needed, and locate to project teams during planning or to resolve project issues as needed.
Research opportunities to consolidate and streamline product categories, prioritize opportunities with strategic business unit leaders, and develop long-term agreements that provide best value and lowest total acquisition cost.

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 9,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

Responsibilities

As a Purchasing Agent supporting MC Dean’s growing businesses, your role will include:

Working closely with the core Program/Project teams to manage high visibility and high value programs.

Your responsibilities will include:

Procurement planning during the bidding phase.
- Understanding the contract specifications and estimated bills of material (B0 = budget zero)
- Outline the initial Procurement Plan to include equipment, devices, subcontractors, and other procurements (example attached),
- For each vendor package on the Procurement Plan, develop a comprehensive RFP or RFQ identifying all components of best value and the total cost of acquisition. For the applicable sections of a RFP see this link: What is a government RFP? - SAS GPS (sas-gps.com
- Sourcing, identifying, and prequalifying 2-3 viable vendors for each vendor procurement package.
- Prequalify vendors to include evaluating scope, capacity, capabilities, capital, supply chain, acceptance of MCD subcontract clauses, terms, conditions, and attachments.
- Track, analyze, and compare quotes. Ad to Quotes Matrix supported by the analysis for each vendor.
- Working with project and engineering team to confirm completeness of scope of service and supply.
- Negotiating and finalizing agreements.
- Finalize pre-award Procurement Plan with reconcilement to the estimate.
Post award procurement planning and implementation on major projects and programs,
- Transition the bid phase Procurement Plan with documents and knowledge to the project team in a formal hand-off that validate it reconciles the estimate.
- Maintaining the Procurement Plan. The company goal is to place 80% of the orders before the project is 20% complete.
- Monitoring all deliveries until inspected and received.
- Close out Procurement Plan including any open commitments.
- Track and report on discrepancies and implemented corrective actions.
- Capture and communicate market intelligence across projects and programs.
Understanding, evaluating, and incorporating current market conditions into procurement plans, including but not limited to:
- Pricing trends
- Lead- times and logistical requirements
- Best value opportunities
- Alternative and substitute products opportunities and potential material and labor savings using new or alternative products.
- Evolving contract compliance requirements
- Reading, understanding, and interpreting contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work and project schedules. Traveling to project sites, manufacturers, and vendor as needed. Locate to project teams as needed during the planning phase or to resolve project issues.
Long-term Agreements
- Research opportunities to consolidate and streamline product categories.
- Prioritize the opportunities with SBU leaders.
- Develop long-term deals that provide the best value, lowest total cost of acquisition.

Qualifications

Demonstrated leadership and people skills.
5+ years of experience
Bachelor's degree plus a minimum or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.
Relevant purchasing experience sourcing, negotiating contracts with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), construction /specialty trade subcontractors and fabricators.
Proven written and verbal communication abilities.
Proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint and Microsoft Excel.
Familiarity with business, finance and account principles.

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

A competitive salary
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
401k Retirement Plan
Military Reserve pay offset
Paid maternity leave

Abilities:

Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
Sitting for extended periods of time.
Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Identify and understand the speech of another person.

About the Company

M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

M.C. Dean designs, builds, operates, and maintains integrated cyber-physical systems for mission-critical facilities, secure environments, and large enterprises. Its work spans electrical power, security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio-visual, and IT systems, all coordinated through management platforms that support long-term operation and sustainability. The company works end-to-end: it engineers solutions, installs them, and then runs and maintains them to ensure continuous, secure, and resilient performance. What sets it apart is its ability to provide comprehensive, turnkey technology and infrastructure services for critical environments—combining physical systems with digital management to create secure, automated facilities. The goal is to deliver automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems and the platforms needed to manage them over the long term.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Tysons, VA
Founded: 1949

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