Buyer, Business

Buyer Position at Vantor

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can:
Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.

Export Control/ITAR:
Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Vantor is looking for a Buyer to join our Procurement and Subcontracts team in Herndon, VA.

Your Project:
Are you a motivated person that is comfortable working with program managers, requestors, subcontractors and vendors, to deliver valuable supplies and subcontracting services to our Government Customers and their users, as well as internal customers? Do have a passion for a fast paced, deadline fueled environment that demands high-quality and compliant purchasing documentation? Are you agile, and not afraid to identify what we are doing wrong so we can fix it, and what we are doing right so we can improve on it?

If so, we are looking for you to become a part of our Procurement and Subcontracts team as a Buyer.

Your Career:
We're very serious about professional development and continuing education  offer our team members with the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has amazing resources to support learning and development. You will work with your supervisor, or a mentor, to set goals and design a development plan to advance your career.

What We Offer:

Time for dedicated professional development, conference attendance, corporate partner and industry training, peer group collaboration, hackathons, as well as paid certifications, education reimbursement and student loan forgiveness.

What you'll do day-to-day (with your colleagues):

• Responsibilities involve managing all stages of the direct and indirect procurement life cycle, to include RFQ's, receiving quotes, development and negotiation of favorable prices, terms, schedules and other provisions of purchase orders, subcontracts, and other contract types, ensuring consistency with end-user requirements and procurement policies/procedures.
• Will have autonomy for the assigned area of responsibility and act as professional for company and government regulatory practices and policies for procurement acquisition activities.
• Purchase order and file maintenance in line with policies and procedures
• Closeout for all procurement related activities
• Ensuring supplier customer management, including negotiating price/cost and price/cost-related terms and other contract provisions
• Confers with suppliers and analyzes supplier's 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 gathered information and may also recommend improvements to procurement processes and procedures
• Assume other responsibilities as requested in support of departmental goals and priorities

Minimum requirements for this position:

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• 2 years of industry experience with Federal Government Procurement and/or Subcontracting
• A Bachelors Degree. 4 additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for degree.
• Previous experience in Sourcing roles/Supply Chain roles in a Government Procurement environment with FAR and DFAR experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel and Outlook

Additional skills:

• Ability to communicate across several levels of staff and customers/vendors
• Ability to take a structured and proactive approach to full lifecycle management of projects
• Ability to actively prioritize projects in accordance with changing targets
• Ability to come up with creative solutions to complex problems and communicate…