Job Title: Buyer Duration: 12 Months Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL (32815)
Job Summary: Reports to and receives operational direction from Procurement Management. Receives functional guidance from the global business unit Contracts and Procurement Manager. Performs tasks involved in the formation, administration/expediting, and delivery of purchase orders. Communicate with suppliers and personnel within the client to establish a clear definition of requirements and to assure performance to purchase order terms and conditions. Prepares bidder pre-qualification, bidder lists, bid solicitation, and bid analysis, makes commitments, and administers purchase orders.
Education and Experience Requirements:
Knowledge of business administration procedures, techniques, and business ethics.
Skilled in oral and written communication.
Intermediate knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations, and applicable Agency Supplements.
Intermediate understanding of Governmental Contracts and the flow-down of applicable clauses and requirements.
Intermediate understanding of Cost Accounting Standards, and determination process for applicability to the work
When assigned to a job site location, experience in materials handling operations is desirable.
Intermediate understanding of scheduling concepts and tools
Intermediate understanding of materials and equipment fabrication/manufacturing and associated production methods
Proficiency in organizing tasks and completing them within deadlines
Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of experience or 9 years of related experience in lieu of a degree
Major Responsibilities:
Prepares bidders’ lists and qualifies bidders
Forms bid packages and issues bid requests coordinates bidders’ questions and receives bids
Communicate with suppliers and personnel within the Client to establish a clear definition of requirements and to ensure performance to purchase order requirements
Initiates and processes purchase order revisions that establish scope and effects on cost and schedule of agreed-upon changes
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Career development within the field
Developing professional expertise applies company policies & procedures to resolve a variety of issues
Position is offered by a no fee agency.
Location : 1ST ST. AVE. A BLDG K6-1094 2ND FLR ROOM C09,Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, 32815
About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
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LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $50.00/hr.
