Buyer

Leidos is seeking a Buyer located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Buyer is responsible for the procurement of IT Hardware/Software, Hardware/Software maintenance, data, goods and services, company-wide.

Primary Responsibilities

• List daily duties and/or specific job responsibilities. The development and negotiation of favorable prices, terms, schedules and other provisions of purchase orders and acquisition contracts, ensuring consistency with client requirements and procurement policies/procedures under supervisor guidance.

• Purchase order administration/file maintenance, closeout for all procurement related activities and supplier customer management.

• Creating solicitations, supporting proposals, conducting price and cost analysis, negotiating price/cost and price/cost-related terms and other subcontract provisions. Procurement of moderate to high complexity and risk, with some work being more complex and/or riskier with supervisor assistance.

• Confers with suppliers and analyzes suppliers' operations to determine factors that affect prices and determines lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules.

• Reviews proposals and selects or recommends suppliers based on gathered information.

• May also recommend improvements to procurement processes and procedures.

• Completes larger procurements with some manager oversight

Basic Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree coupled with 2-4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience, OR high school diploma, coupled with equivalent experience. 

• Prior experience buying tangible goods or software is required.

• Experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.

• Good oral and written communication skills. Strong Customer Service mentality. Ability to multi-task and strong organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation preferred.

• CostPoint or Ivalua experience preferred.

• Terms and Conditions negotiation experience preferred.

Original Posting:

March 4, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $50,700.00 - $91,650.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.