Procurement Principal

Job ID 2405665-2547

Location RESTON, VA, US

Date Posted 2024-04-18

Category Procurement

Subcategory Procurement

Schedule Full-time

Shift Day Job

Travel No

Minimum Clearance Required None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work No

Description

SAIC’s Business Enablement represents the full depth and breadth of the acquisition value chain – from the sell side (customer engagement and strategy development) to the buy side (program execution, strategic alliances, supply chain management, subcontractor development, and material’s procurement). We are the full acquisition organization that supports our external and internal customer’s mission. Our dynamic team of acquisition professionals support key business areas and strategy for SAIC’s Growth Technology Accelerants (GTA) as well as core business initiatives. GTAs include Secure Cloud, Enterprise IT and Systems Integration & Delivery. Core business includes Engineering Services, IT & Technical Services and Logistics & Supply Chain.

This position is 100% remote nationwide.

SAIC’s Business Enablement organization is seeking a Procurement Principal. Candidate will procure goods and administer purchase orders of high dollar value, risk, and complexity and will report to the Procurement Manager. This individual must be able to work in a high-paced, team environment and must be organized and detail-oriented.

SAIC has a unique opportunity for the right candidate in SAIC’s Materials Procurement Group. This position will be supporting the great men and women defending our nation. This position will require someone that has a get it done attitude and can handle a high intensity environment with the customer working directly with them. Procurement experience and a mission focused attitude is an absolute must to ensure success. Candidates must be organized and detail oriented with the ability to make critical decisions quickly, and hunt down solutions when faced with a challenge that could impact the mission.

Primary Job Duties

Issue purchase orders for goods and services supporting SAIC’s customers (DOD, Federal or Civilian Agencies) Issues Requests for Quote in accordance with prime contract requirements Review and edit vendor license agreements to ensure license agreements are in compliance with Prime Contract requirements Responsibilities include the development and negotiation of favorable prices, terms, schedules and other provisions of purchase orders and acquisition contracts, ensuring consistency with program needs Closeout for all procurement related activities and supplier customer management, including negotiating price/cost and price/cost-related terms and other contract provisions Develop purchasing strategy to meet proposal or program needs Collaborate with supplier quality to add and qualify new suppliers Analyze proposals for all areas of compliance (cost/schedule/T&C/technical/etc.) and

will be involved in supplier negotiations leading to subcontract and purchase order

definitization.

Analyze production/procurement data to develop procurement strategy for the programs you

are supporting

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 Recommends suppliers based on experience and capabilities to provide quality products on

time

Lead cost savings initiatives to meet program goals Assume other responsibilities as requested

Qualifications

Required Education and Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and minimum ten (10) years of related experience, or Master’s degree and eight (8) years’ experience. Additional four (4) years’ experience considered in lieu of degree. 5+ years experience purchasing various commodities5+ Years of procurement government procurement and Federal Acquisition regulations Excellent time management skills Solid communications skills, both written and oral. Ability to communicate across several levels of staff and customers/vendors.Ability to prepare, lead, and conduct status briefings; prepare and staff weekly updates Strong team playerExperience with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel and Outlook Ability to work independently with minimal supervision Exhibit critical thinking and analytical skills.Understanding of cost/price analysis concepts and be able to implement on complex supplier proposals and agreementsMust be able to obtain a Top Secret SCI Clearance and travel to Fort Bragg when required (on occasion).

Desired Qualifications

Previous experience purchasing goods and servicesPrevious FAR/DFAR experiencePrevious purchasing experience in a supply chain management environmentAdvanced Excel skillsAdvanced Word skillsUnderstanding of cloud services and acquisition strategy of cloud services

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.