Senior Specialist, Procurement

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Job Title:
Senior Specialist, Procurement

Job Code: 41990

Job Location:
Greenville, Texas On-site

Job Schedule: 9/80 Regular:
Off every other Friday, 1st Shift

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Harris Technologies, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) is seeking an exceptionally motivated, proactive individual to execute and manage urgent purchases for a classified program area. This role requires an eye for detail, accuracy, excellent interpersonal skills, and proven track record for taking the initiative, delivering exceptional results, and exceeding expectations in support of our Customer.

The Procurement function is for responsible acquiring goods and services from suppliers, receiving the right quality, in the right quantity, at the right time, for the right value, from the right source to optimize business performance. In this role, the Senior Specialist of Procurement will manage the life-cycle of purchase orders from the initial source selection and acquisition strategy, or onboarding and vetting of new suppliers, through the solicitation, negotiation, and answering supplier information requests, to awarding a purchase order, to facilitating supplier supports request, managing the cost and schedule of the purchase, which includes purchase order management/execution, delivery of goods, invoicing, payment, or return of materials issues, to finalizing the purchase order closeout processes.

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Harris covers a variety of customers which requires the procurement team to be compliant with all government and agency laws and regulations.

• Position requires the ability to maintain a DoD Security Clearance. An active DoD (in-scope) Secret Clearance is required.
• Lead all aspects of the Procurement acquisition process from proposal stage through Program award and execution. This acquisition process includes generation of Requests for Proposals, proposal evaluations, source selections, negotiations, file documentation, ensuring compliance to all internal and Government FAR/DFAR/DPAS/CPSR Procurement Regulations, change management, invoice approvals, dispute resolution, and procurement close-out.
• Draft, issue, and negotiate various contract vehicles, including RFPs, NDAs, Purchase Orders, Master Purchase and Service Agreements, Intercompany Work Authorizations, and others.
• Complete supplier selection process while understanding and mitigating risk associated with the project and initiate corrective action with Suppliers when necessary.
• Communicate with contacts inside and outside of Procurement department to explain and interpret operational processes, practices, and procedures.
• Develop, maintain, and manage relationships with suppliers to achieve Program, Customer, and Corporate goals for sales, orders, and profit.
• Identify areas for performance improvement, cost reduction, and support implementation.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with cross-functional partners, to help influence and guide stakeholders, customers, and other external partners on Procurement matters.
• Prepare procurement bid packages, conducts bidders' conferences, develops evaluation criteria, analyzes and evaluates proposals, negotiates procurement provisions, selects or recommends suppliers, writes procurement packages for review, prepares awards and administers resulting procurements.
• Negotiates and coordinates additions, deletions, or modifications to procurements.
• May sign supplier agreements and…