Procurement Agent

About Trident

Trident Consulting is an award-winning IT/engineering staffing company founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Procurement Agent 3

Rosemead, CA 91770 (only local)

Hybrid onsite Monday & Tuesday and as needed

$16.00 – $40/hr on W2

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Typically possesses five or more years of experience in negotiating and purchasing. The successful candidate must have a thorough knowledge and demonstrated ability to apply principles of financial analysis, activity based costing and supply chain methodology. Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with customers and suppliers and gather client requirements and negotiate their support requirements.

Assist in negotiating pricing, contract terms and conditions; prepare contractual documents and binding agreements; integrate program, customer, product and in-service strategies into source selection, negotiation and contract strategies; assist in the development of procurement solutions to best support customer requirements consistent with program and company goals and objectives; support senior level Procurement Agents with project management activities; develop and deploy supplier strategies and plans;

assist in creation of production control improvement plans and hardware development from engineering definition through certification, tooling development, first article development and buyoff; develop understanding of supplier capacity and ensure ongoing production readiness and health and the ability to meet rate delivery requirements throughout the supply chain – includes monitoring and management of sub-tier supplier readiness and performance. Positions require frequent engagement with multiple organizational leaders.

Additional responsibilities: contribute to the improvement of existing processes and implementation of cost reduction initiatives; conduct root cause analysis; develop mitigation plans for risks and monitor to closure; participate in supplier risk assessments; conduct supplier performance reviews and cross‑functional improvement teams; develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers; employ project management tools to analyze and manage supplier performance, including technical, quality, cost and schedule.

• Negotiates favorable terms, volume discounts and long‑term contracts with suppliers and prepares and processes requisitions and purchase orders for the procurement of technical equipment, custom engineered products, systems, software or components
• Acquires and maintains understanding of technology trends, market forces, cost trends and supplier technology road maps
• Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to organization policy and discusses defects and delivery problems with suppliers and negotiates refunds

• Applies mastery of in‑depth knowledge in one job family or broader expertise in most areas of a job function. May act as a project manager for one or more short to mid‑term projects with responsibilities for results in terms of costs, methods, and outcomes.
• Applies extensive technical expertise and has full knowledge of other related disciplines. Challenges are atypical and require the regular use of ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness. Accountability: contributes to defining the direction for new processes, standards or operational plans based on business strategy with an impact on work group results.
• Directs involvement in tasks necessary for project execution. Identifies problems and solutions. Collaborates to establish project objectives, timelines, risks, milestones, deliverables and budgets.
• Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other team members. Exercises considerable latitude in determining deliverables. Completed work is reviewed for achievement of desired results.
• As a project manager, resolves issues and ensures task completion by establishing priorities and…