Specialist, Procurement
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Anaheim • California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $62,000 - $115,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Plans and implements activities related to the procurement of raw materials, goods and services
- Compiles and analyzes statistical data to determine feasibility of buying products and to establish price objectives
- Approves and qualifies vendors, obtains quotes, examines bids and makes awards
- Follows up on all awards through completion of order
- Negotiates with suppliers and analyzes suppliers’ operations to determine factors that affect prices and to determine lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules
- Reviews proposals, negotiates prices, selects or recommends suppliers, analyzes trends, and maintains necessary records
- May prepare request for proposals (RFP) and bid packages
- Negotiates and settles with suppliers regarding damage claims, rejections, losses, return of materials, over-shipments, cancellations and engineering changes
- Follows applicable anti-corruption ethics, laws, and regulations
- Responsible to procure and manage assigned commodities to enable L3 Harris production
- This includes purchase order issuance and maintenance, administration of engineering changes, costing and cost project administration and purchased material cost analysis
- Create PO package with all required documentation; i.e., Price Analysis, Justification Worksheet, Order acknowledgement, PPV, Excess, etc.
- Lead supplier negotiations and the supplier selection process
- Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities, as well as overall material cost control
- Manage supplier relationships of those commodities assigned, and assist in the development and implementation of supply base strategies
- Resolving supplier problems, including negotiations on Non-Conformances, invoicing, receipt discrepancy, terms and conditions, and service levels
- Assist with Marketing requests including running Price Models to determine material costs for a proposed project
- Control and manage the inventory integrity of purchased items in the MRP data base associated with the commodities
- Provide guidance to the company on key events in the selected commodities that may affect the business plans of the company
- Seek out new suppliers, and new processes and keep the company abreast of these developments
- Maintain documentation control in compliance with FAR/DFAR regulations and company procedures and policies
- Implement strategic goals as established by leadership and manage selected projects as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
- Proven negotiation experience
- Contract experience, including knowledge of terms and conditions, and other agreement related experience
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Understanding and working knowledge of engineering documentation, product configurations, etc.
- Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively in a digital/remote environment
Benefits
- health and disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- EAP
- education assistance
- parental leave
- paid time off
- company-paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
procurementvendor managementcost analysisprice negotiationcontract managementinventory managementdata analysisrequest for proposals (RFP)material cost controlengineering change administration
Soft skills
negotiationinterpersonal skillsproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershipstrategic thinkingrelationship managementadaptabilityteam collaborationanalytical thinking