Buyer

Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), voted one the DC area's Best Places to Work, is seeking a Buyer to join our team at our corporate headquarters in Lanham, MD. This position provides mid-level procurement activity support and requires procurement experience in a wide-range of items such as IT, vehicles, test equipment, corporate and business development items, furniture, space and flight related hardware, as well as electrical, electronic, and electromechanical parts, materials, services, and equipment.

Duties for this position include: overseeing entire lifecycle procurement process; developing RFPs and soliciting cost and technical proposals; evaluating vendor bids and negotiating terms and conditions; issuing agreements; processing procurement transactions in SSAI's procurement system and CostPoint; and ensuring proper compliance with company procurement policies and procedures, Federal Acquisition Regulations, Public Laws and other supplemental regulations.

This position requires US Citizenship.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 2 years professional relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Knowledge of Procurement processes and procedures in a Government Contractor environment.

• Willingness to learn Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR) requirements and Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)

• Familiarity with Representations & Certifications, SAM.gov debarment list

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to negotiate effectively

Desired Qualifications:

• Prior experience working in purchasing in support of NASA programs desired

• Prior experience using Deltek Costpoint preferred, but not required

• Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP) certificate or similar certificate preferred

• Active membership in a professional organization related to the procurement field preferred

EOE, including disability/vets

Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to touch, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk and hear and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.