Overview
Remote Principal Specialist, Procurement role at RTX (Raytheon) responsible for sourcing and acquisition of materials and services, supplier performance management, and the full purchase order life cycle for fast-paced development programs.
What you'll do
- Perform procurement and supplier management activities in support of U.S. Government and Commercial contracts.
- Administer and manage material and service procurements from domestic suppliers.
- Maintain POs to ensure accurate and timely supplier delivery information.
- Place purchase orders of medium complexity in accordance with all regulatory (FAR/DFAR) and corporate compliance requirements for various complex subcontract types (Cost Type, Incentive Type, Firm Fixed, etc.).
- Utilize source selection techniques, compile, and analyze data to perform price analyses, conduct negotiations (including terms and conditions) and identify supplier risks.
- Prepare and issue RFIs, RFPs, Letter Subcontracts, and POs.
- Support negotiation strategies and formal negotiations (Price, Delivery, Scope, Terms & Conditions).
- Ensure requirements (prime contract, quality, terms, and conditions) are properly communicated to suppliers and manage supplier performance to cost, schedule, and quality requirements.
- Nurture professional business relationships with first tier subcontractors.
- Monitor procurement reports and help drive performance to meet company metric targets.
- Work closely with the program office and other function groups (Operations, Quality, Engineering) to identify solutions to sourcing issues that require ingenuity, creativity, and innovation.
- Communicate clearly and be proactive in a very fast-paced environment; be flexible, innovative, work with speed and agility, and remain thorough and compliant with government and Raytheon regulations while driving tasks to completion.
What you'll need
- Typically a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years' experience.
- DoD procurement experience and working knowledge of FAR and DFARS Regulations (FAR/DFARS).
- Ability to place Purchase Orders over TINA dollar threshold.
- U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required.
Nice to have
- Prior work experience in the Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
- SAP/PRISM based environment experience.
- Experience with technical requirements of procured hardware and services, including Statement of Work (SOW) review.
- Experience in written contractual authorization/vehicles.
- Experience in leading formal negotiations (price, schedule, and supplier exceptions to contractual flow-down requirements, as well as standard Terms and Conditions).
- Experience with supplier management.
- SAP and Microsoft Office Suite of Products experience.
- Experience with reading and understanding drawings, specifications and other engineering documents including complex SOWs.
- Price Cost Analysis experience.
- Experience with proposals from prospective suppliers and analyzing cost/price, technical capability, and financial viability; conducting investigations to ensure ability to perform within cost and schedule.
- Knowledge of EXIM procurements and all related rules and regulations.
- Experience with Government contracts, processes, and procedures.
- Experience with proposals and understanding of all phases of sourcing and procurement execution, including price negotiation reductions, terms and conditions, and completion of compliance EPAD Packages.
- Experience with automation tools.
- Previous experience with integrated supply chain, including strategic procurement.
Details
- Position type: Remote; employees work primarily offsite (from home) and may be expected to travel to the site location as needed.
- Location: US-AZ-REMOTE, United States of America; U.S.-based role.
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
- Security clearance: None/Not Required.
- Candidates may be asked to attend select interview steps in person at one of our office locations.
- Salary range: 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD (good faith estimate).
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