Procurement Specialist

We’ve determined which skillsets are most beneficial for this role. These skills are listed first below as the Must Haves and Nice to Haves our hiring team highly prefers. Below that you’ll find the standard job description for this opportunity.

Must Haves:

• High School Diploma or GED required
• MS Office
• Buying in a FAR/DFAR/DOD/Aerospace environments or extensive commercial experience.
• Strong Excel Skills a must
• High School Diploma

Nice to Haves:

• ERP Systems – SAP and/or Costpoint is a big plus
• AA Degree/2 years’ experience
• Min 6 years’ experience with no degree

Job Description:

• Plans and implements activities related to the procurement of raw materials, goods and services.
• Compiles and analyzes statistical data to determine feasibility of buying products and to establish price objectives.
• Approves and qualifies vendors, obtains quotes, examines bids and makes awards. Follows up on all awards through completion of order.
• Negotiates with suppliers and analyzes suppliers ½ operations to determine factors that affect prices and to determine lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules.
• Reviews proposals, negotiates prices, selects or recommends suppliers, analyzes trends, and maintains necessary records. May prepare request for proposals (RFP) and bid packages.
• Negotiates and settles with suppliers regarding damage claims, rejections, losses, return of materials, over-shipments, cancellations and engineering changes. Follows applicable anti-corruption ethics, laws, and regulations.
• Intermediate professional with practical knowledge of job area.
• Works under moderate supervision to set objectives for own job area.
  Communicates with contacts inside and outside own team to explain and interpret operational processes, practices, and procedures.
• Identifies and addresses changes within own job area.
• Works to achieve operational targets with some impact on departmental results

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a High School Diploma

About Altimeter Solutions

Altimeter Solutions, LLC is a technical consulting firm that specializes in providing clients the highest quality analytical and technical consultative services possible. Altimeter's mission is to provide clients with proven professional solutions and services that represent the uppermost levels of industry technical competencies and value.