Buyer - San Diego, United States - ES3

Description

Job Description

Job Description

General Summary :

ES3 has an immediate opening in our corporate San Diego, CA office location for an experienced Buyer with 3+ years of professional experience in Government procurement or related fields and who has a working knowledge of purchasing activities in support of Government contracts.

The ideal candidate will be capable of linking proposal requirements with supporting documentation in order to assist with source justification, price analyses and proposal documentation.

They must be able to work after hours when needed to support proposal deadlines.

The successful applicant must demonstrate the ability to quickly learn new tasks and pivot to changing priorities and workflow demands, self-motivated, comfortable working side-by-side with senior leadership, different functional departments, field and Purchasing staff.

Must be able to demonstrate a high level of proficiency in Adobe Pro, Microsoft Word, and Excel, be organized and very detail oriented.

Must be able to work independently or in a team environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Review purchase requisitions and convert them to complete purchase orders/subcontract files within commitment dates.
Timely review of order confirmations from vendors, update correct pricing in the system.
Work with internal customers and external suppliers to resolve issues related to purchased materials, including

product/material/service

quality, invoices and returns.
Negotiate with vendors to secure the best pricing, payment, and terms.
Maintain and update procurement files in internal electronic record systems and QuickBooks.
Conduct market research, source, and price justification, for new services/product and historical research for previously procured services/products
Strong communication skills - written and verbal, and ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Skills and Abilities Required:

Link proposal requirements with supporting documentation
Prepare source justification, price analyses and proposal documentation.
High level of proficiency in Adobe Pro, Microsoft Word, and Excel
They must be able to work after hours when needed to support proposal deadlines.
Experienced in working with senior leadership, different functional departments, and field staff.
Other Requirements

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Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen.
3 or more years of Procurement experience
1 year in purchasing or accounting within a government contracting environment a plus
Supervisory Duties:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Other Duties:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position.

Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

Benefits:

ES3 offers an environment that is both enriching and rewarding.

We extend to all Full-Time staff members, an exceptional benefits program which includes:

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Flexible Spending Account and Health Reimbursement Account
Health Savings Account
Competitive Paid-Time-Off (PTO) accrual
Holiday Pay
A generous matching 401K plan with up to 6% match and up to 2% profit sharing.

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