Sr Buyer And Contract Specialist

Overview:

Blackwatch International Corporation (Blackwatch), a small business founded in 2010, provides world-wide mission critical services to the Defense, Intelligence and Law Enforcement communities. We’re headquartered in McLean, VA with satellite offices located in Carmichael, CA and O’Fallon, Ill.

Blackwatch International Corporation is an agile small business dedicated to supporting Federal Government mission objectives. Based in McLean, VA, with offices in O'Fallon, IL, and Sacramento, CA, Blackwatch invests in innovation and quality for our customers and staff, holding corporate-level ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 27001:2013, and ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 quality certifications. We are a leading provider of information technology (IT) infrastructure, cybersecurity, and telecommunication services, specializing in large and complex enterprise-level projects. Moving under new experienced executive management in 2018, Blackwatch is dedicated to growth and offers a dynamic working environment with multiple opportunities for advancement.

Position Title: Sr Buyer and Contract Specialist

Position location(s): Sacramento California, Mclean Virginia

Position Type: Full Time

Years of Experience: 5-10 years

Minimum Security Clearance Requirement: Secret

Classification: Exempt

Salary Grade/Level/Family/Range: TBD

Summary/Objective

The Sr. Buyer position is a hands-on position responsible for coordinating purchasing, warehousing and distribution activities and resources to limit costs and improve accuracy, customer service and safety. Examine existing procedures and opportunities for streamlining activities to meet product distribution needs. Direct the movement, storage, and processing of inventory.

Responsibilities:

• Establish strategic partnerships and supplier relationship improvements: discover and pursue ways to reduce inventory, reduce part costs, reduce lead time, improve terms, supplier consolidation, in a government purchasing and contracts environment
• Search out and pursue better and more cost-effective ways to procure components and materials for existing production
• Source new components with limited direction by engineering, service, or other departments.
• Initiate contract negotiations with new vendors.
• Analyze inventories to determine how to reduce
• Develop procedures for coordination of purchasing with other functional areas, such as sales, engineering, finance, and
• Meet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, to provide performance feedback, or to discuss production forecasts or
• Implement new or improved purchasing and shipping & receiving
• Design and implement business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction
• Manage activities related to strategic purchasing, material requirements planning, inventory control, warehousing, or
• Participate in the coordination of engineering changes, new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material and production
• Collaborate with other departments to identify or qualify new
• Develop material costs forecasts or standard cost lists.
• Design and implement plant warehousing strategies for production materials or finished products.
• Responsible for the purchase requisitions that implement procurement policies with suppliers to ensure quality, delivery and cost improvement that is required of the government contract.
• Coordinate with equipment engineers to procure required preventative maintenance services, hardware, software, calibrations, supplies, gases, and chemicals.
• Interface with suppliers and vendors regarding statement of work, quotes and price negotiation.
• Responsible for confirmation of tools, parts and service meet customer specifications and requirements.
• Assist key process engineers on special projects guiding them and the supplier to make sure all requirement needs are being satisfied.
• Manage outsource services such as Ion implantation, EPI deposition, CMP, photomask generation, photomask cleaning, and wafer analysis.
• Work directly with buyers regarding purchase orders, order acknowledgments, shipping, sole source justifications, receiving and invoicing.
• Assist with managing and monitoring, prepared, administered, and analyzed the control of the budget, inventory control, bill of material and forecasts.
• Process contract renewals; prepare proposals, providing support to the customer on developing and implementing proposal strategies.
• Manage the document control, procedures, filing and record system of the purchasing documents.
• Responsible for performing contract assignments in support of procurement activity or in the audit/review of that activity.
• Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications:Competencies

• Technical Capacity
• Complex Problem Solving/Analysis.
• Customer/Client Focus
• Coordination
• Judgement/Decision making
• Project Management
• Systems Evaluation Communication Proficiency.
• Time Management.

Core Values

• Quality
• Customer
• Loyal
• Teamwork
• Positive

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Operations or
• At least 5 years of supply chain management and relevant experience related to government purchasing.
• A strong mechanical and technical
• Prior experience supervising, coaching and developing
• Proven leadership and influencing skills with effective communication and computer skills.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• University or Certificate level Training on government purchasing procedures

Blackwatch International Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristics protected by law. We are an eVerify participating employer