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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. https://www.sncorp.com/company/business-areas/{target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}\

Responsibilities:

• Follow up and placing of Purchase Orders
• Work closely with Receiving on discrepant shipments
• Be a main buyer for SNC

Must-haves:

• 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

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) compliance
• Basic accounting skills
• Negotiation skills, strong interpersonal skills, ability to work well with other departments. Background in Government Contracting, knowledge of FAR/DFARS, supply chain support

Estimated Starting Salary Range: \$52,118.00 - \$71,662.25. SNC considers several factors when extending job offers, including but not limited to candidates key skills, relevant work experience, and education/training/certifications.

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{target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}.