Buyer or Senior Buyer or Principal Buyer (*May be eligible for telework)

Overview

Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC) is seeking a Buyer or Senior Buyer or Principal Buyer (*May be eligible for telework) to be based in our Aiken, SC location on the Savannah River Site (SRS). 

Apply online using a current resume under the careers section of www.savannahrivermissioncompletion.com. 

This position may be eligible for telework in accordance with the SRMC Telework Policy; see Additional Information* in the Minimum Requirements. 

The Buyer or Senior Buyer or Principal Buyer is responsible for finding and negotiating terms and conditions for acquiring goods and services from an external source often via a competitive bidding process. Ensures the customer receives goods or services at the best possible price, when aspects such as quality, quantity, time, and location are compared.  Follows procurement processes intended to promote fair and open competition while minimizing risk, such as exposure to fraud and collusion.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities at the Buyer level:

• Assists customers in developing routine to moderately complex scopes of work
• Develops pre-procurement planning tasks for routine to moderately complex purchases such as market research, source selection, subcontract type, scope of work, payment requirements and terms and conditions
• Develops and maintains reliable and cost competitive sources of supply, while supporting the socioeconomic policies set forth by company and the Department of Energy.
• Reviews and approves sole source justifications, emergency requisitions, and other procurement specific documents.
• Prepares, reviews, and issues procurement Request for Proposals (RFPs) or Request for Quotes (RFQ) for materials and services for routine to moderately complex activities.
• Directs RFP evaluation teams, performs cost and price analysis, negotiates and awards routine to moderately complex Fixed Price and Cost-type Procurements.
• Prepares, negotiates, and awards, purchase orders and subcontracts (including strategic agreements).
• Administers subcontracts and purchase orders by addressing post award concerns, facilitates and records subcontract progress meeting, timely renewals, change notices, internal and external correspondence, resolution of problems, payment compliance, and deliverable performance and close out.
• Resolves recurring supplier problems involving payments, quality, and/or delivery.
• Reviews procurement forms used to document transactions to ensure consistency of operations or preclude procedural conflicts.
• Works with other groups such as Subcontract Technical Representatives (STRs), management, subcontractors, program compliance, procedures development, and training.
• Other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities at the Senior Buyer level:

• Solicits, negotiates, awards, and administers subcontracts for the purchase of goods and services including moderately complex to complex services, strategic agreements, construction and manufactured equipment.
• Develops detailed procurement plans which includes pre-planning, market research, source selection., subcontract type, scope of work, payment requirements, terms and conditions and completion of Request for Proposal.
• Leads RFP evaluation teams, performs cost and price analysis, negotiates and awards moderately complex to complex Fixed Price and Cost-type Procurements.
• Administers subcontracts by addressing post award concerns, facilitating and recording subcontract progress meetings, timely renewals, change notices, internal and external correspondence, resolution of problems, payment compliance, deliverables, performance, and close out.
• Facilitates and implements corrective actions for supplier quality and delivery problems.
• Utilizes strategies and negotiations consistent with company prime subcontract requirements, procurement department procedures, Department of Energy (DOE) directives and federal law in all job functions.
• Understands and applies fundamental concepts in a professional discipline or technical specialty.
• Identifies new and better ways of doing things and incorporates same in own work.
• Seeks new knowledge and applies it in doing own work.
• Coordinates his/her work with work of others in division/department/team to maximize efficiency.
• Systematically gathers and analyzes pertinent information to plan a course of action. Contributes information and ideas to development of project plans.
• Participates in developing team's mission, goals and plans.
• routine data to the solution of problems. Takes calculated risks and makes decisions w