Procurement Analyst

**Description** **Location:** Remote (Preference for candidates residing in or near South Carolina, Oak Ridge, TN or Huntsville, AL) **About Us:** SAIC's Business Management office supports the entire acquisition value chain, including customer engagement, strategy development, program execution, strategic alliances, supply chain management, subcontractor development, and materials procurement. Our comprehensive acquisition organization enables both external and internal customers to achieve their mission goals. We serve critical business areas such as Mission IT, Enterprise IT, Engineering Services, and Professional Services. **Position Overview:** SAIC is seeking a proactive and adaptable experienced Procurement Analyst to join our dynamic Procurement Team. This role involves material purchasing management and administering Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) purchase orders in a fast-paced & Customer pressured environment. Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively are essential. **Must be adaptable to frequent requirement changes and constant Internal Customer contact/pressure.** **Key Responsibilities:** + Issue purchase orders for goods supporting SAIC's customers (DOD, Federal, or Civilian Agencies) + Develop and negotiate favorable prices, terms, schedules, and other provisions of purchase orders and contracts, ensuring alignment with end-user requirements and procurement policies + Release Requests for Quotes (RFQs) in accordance with prime contract requirements + Administer purchase orders, including file maintenance and supplier management + Manage procurement-related activities and supplier customer management, including negotiating price/cost and related terms + Analyze suppliers' operations to determine pricing factors and ensure quality, reliability, and schedule compliance + Recommend suppliers and potential improvements to procurement processes and procedures + Conduct training and mentor other Buyers + Support departmental goals and objectives as needed **Qualifications** **Education/Experience Requirements:** + Bachelor's and three (3) years or more of related procurement related experience; Masters and one (1) year of related experience. Additional 4+ years of procurement experience may be considered in lieu of a degree + Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or a technical field **Required Skills:** + Material Procurement experience in a high-paced, quick-turn, pressure filled environment + Experience with Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel and Outlook + Experience with cost/price analysis concepts and ability to implement solutions regarding complex supplier proposals and agreements + Experience issuing Purchase Orders via an ERP System + Experience issuing Credit Card orders and related periodic reconciliation efforts + Ability to work independently with minimal supervision + Exhibit critical thinking and analytical skills + Excellent time management skills + Solid communications skills, both written and oral. Ability to communicate across several levels of staff and Customers/Vendors + Ability to prepare, lead, and conduct status briefings; prepare and staff weekly updates **Desired Skills:** + Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel + Advanced skills in Microsoft Word + Experience with Costpoint + Experience with Build to Print Fabrication Requirements REQNUMBER: 2510813 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability