Senior Buyer

InterFuze Corporation is a successful Huntsville, Alabama-based small business with more than 35 years of experience as a Government services provider. We focus on delivering excellent solutions and services and have experienced steady growth by consistently exceeding our customers' expectations. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, and with offices in Edgewood, MD, Fredericksburg, VA, and operating locations around the world, our core capabilities include Engineering/Test services, Logistics, IT, SETA support, and Range Operations.

InterFuze is seeking a Senior Buyer located in Edgewood, MD. The selected Senior Buyer candidate will be responsible for adhering to the following responsibilities. This position requires some professional judgment and a limited use and/or application of basic supply chain/procurement principles, theories, and concepts.

The selected candidate will perform the following responsibilities:

Follow Established Procedures: Adheres to established procedures and policies to perform assigned tasks.

Proposal Support: Provides support for proposals, including price/cost analysis.

Procurement Activities: Performs fundamental procurement activities, including the acquisition of materials, components, and services at realistic and competitive prices, which meet schedule, safety, and quality standards.

Risk Assessments: Verifies that risk assessments are performed on Purchase Orders (POs) and that appropriate flow-downs are incorporated into PO/Subcontract solicitations.

Requirements Definition: Assures that the requirements for products or services to be purchased have been adequately defined, in the proper format, and are approved for release.

Documentation: Ensures all procurement actions that commit the company to purchase materials or services from suppliers are properly documented, reviewed, and approved consistent with corporate policy and procedures.

PO Placement Process: Executes the Purchase Order placement process with proficiency, including a comprehensive understanding of the applicable procurement system.

Award Determination: Executes Award Determination Summary Sheet and Checklists as required by procedure to ensure a factual procurement summary is documented.

Supplier Evaluation: Verifies that suppliers' capabilities have been properly evaluated and that bidders are determined to be viable candidates.

Proposal Evaluations: Implements comprehensive and impartial proposal evaluations and source selections based on a balanced assessment of technical ability, performance, quality, schedule, and cost.

Terms and Conditions: Analyzes and identifies risks associated with, and recommends changes to, Supplier terms and conditions. Ensures modifications are properly evaluated and approved consistent with policy and procedure prior to incorporation into any resultant purchase order.

Team Engagement: Engages with the Contracts Director and other program team members to establish a cohesive workgroup developing consistent strategies.

Compliance: Assists with adherence to U.S. Laws and U.S. Government controls on the export of goods, services, and technical information.

Government Regulations: Ensures compliance with applicable Government regulations; obtains necessary certification that supports suppliers' cost or pricing data is current, accurate, and complete prior to the award of negotiated Purchase Order.

Supplier Status Meetings: Coordinates supplier status meetings to provide early identification of potential problems and minimize adverse effects on performance, cost, and schedule.

File Maintenance: Maintains orderly, current, and well-organized files.

PO Processing: Processes purchase orders & all modifications to ensure supplier execution in accordance with appropriate procedures.

Contract Performance Monitoring: Monitors contract performance to ensure compliance with requirements and establishes performance monitoring methods that communicate supplier performance to contractual requirements.

Contractual Documentation: Documents and maintains official files for all contractual data items. Coordinates sign-off approval and acts as formal approval authority to the supplier once all internal approvals are obtained.

Supplier Management: Supports the supplier management process by obtaining, disseminating, and facilitating communication related to cost/schedule variances.

Closeout Process: Executes the purchase order closeout process upon completion of the contract.

Qualifications:

Educational Background: Requires a Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline and six (6) years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Knowledge of general accounting and procurement principles and practices is strongly desired.

Cost Accounting Knowledge: A basic understanding of cost accounting principles is a plus for developing Price/Cost Analysis (P/CA) capabilities, supporting customer proposal activities, and assisting accounts payable as necessary.

Software Proficiency: Costpoint experience, particularly with the purchasing module.

Guideline Compliance: Possesses in-depth understanding of DCMA guidelines pertaining to equipment purchases.

Communication Skills: Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.

Software Skills: Proficiency with all Microsoft Office products is required.

Organizational Skills: Must be organized, have exceptional supervisory ability, and the skills to multitask and respond to requests with a sense of urgency.

Regulatory Knowledge: Understands FAR/DFARS flow-down requirements.

Procurement Process Knowledge: Possesses a working knowledge of the RFQ/RFP process (Create, Change, Administration).

Commercial Assertions: Understands Commerciality Assertions and required documentation of Intellectual Property Rights under Prime Contract.

Contract Type Knowledge: Understands Prime Contract Types and their impact on resulting PO Requirements.

Independent Work: Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, managing tasks effectively and meeting deadlines.

InterFuze Corporation, and subsidiaries of InterFuze Corporation, are an Equal Opportunity Employer and operate in a Drug-Free Workplace. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetics, military/ veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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