Purchasing Agent I

Are you looking for an opportunity to use your purchasing and supplier management skills in a meaningful work environment that supports and protects explorers and heroes? Join our team! As a Purchasing Agent I, you'll be using your skills and expertise to purchase materials, supplies, and services on the most favorable terms for the organization. You'll be responsible for qualifying our suppliers, monitoring and ensuring our supplier quality and delivery, evaluating bids, negotiating prices and terms for purchased goods and services, tracking purchases, and maintaining a current database of our supplier information.

This level I Purchasing Agent position will support a variety of IAS Purchasing Agents and Programs to ensure suppliers are meeting their Contractual Delivery Dates. The selected candidate will be the focal liaison to ensure delivery information is disseminated in a timely manner and any slipped delivery schedule is promptly addressed with recovery plans identified. Timely updates to the system will be required to ensure accurate delivery dates are being tracked. Advise Management and other team members of market conditions and supply base activity, which could affect pricing and or future availability. Generate effective communications, good relations, and positive image with suppliers and coworkers, promoting courtesy, objectivity, and fairness in all business dealings. Will assist in coordinating with other Procurement staff, Planning team, Suppliers, Receiving and QA to identify and resolve material discrepancies identified at incoming receiving/inspection - i.e. lack of documentation and/or inconsistencies in provided documentation and non-conforming material. Great opportunity for this position to get involved with requesting Quotes from Suppliers and potentially placing some smaller dollar PO's for experience and exposure which could ultimately lead to a Buying position. This is an exciting, fun, fast paced role with the
opportunity to work with a variety of departments.The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations – with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.

Qualifications You Must Have:
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field and typically 0-2 or more years of relevant experience
• Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
• Comprehensive written, verbal and analytical skills
• Ability to manage multiple proposals at one time

•Ability to maintain/obtain a secret clearance

Qualifications We Prefer:

•Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

•Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills

•Ability to work well with other departments

•Background or exposure to Government Contracting

•Knowledge of FAR/DFARS

Responsibilities:

•Follow up and placing of Purchase Orders

•Work closely with Receiving on discrepant shipments

•Be a main buyer for SNC

•Ensure all invoices are processed prior to becoming past due

​At Sierra Nevada Company, LLC (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America’s fastest-growing companies. Learn more about SNC.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We’re known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation’s most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

SNC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to an environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made based on merit without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.