Buyer

Maxar is looking for a Buyer to join our Procurement and Subcontracts team in Herndon, VA.

Life with Us

Your Project: Are you a motivated person that is comfortable working with program managers, requestors, subcontractors, and vendors, to deliver valuable supplies and subcontracting services to our Government Customers and their users, as well as internal customers? Do have a passion for a fast paced, deadline fueled environment that demands high-quality and compliant purchasing documentation? Are you agile, and not afraid to identify what we are doing wrong so we can fix it, and what we are doing right so we can improve on it? If so, we are looking for you to become a part of our Procurement and Subcontracts team as a Buyer/Subcontract Administrator.

Your Career: We're very serious about professional development and continuing education at Maxar. We offer our team members with the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has amazing resources to support learning and development. You will work with your supervisor, or a mentor, to set goals and design a development plan to advance your career.

What We Offer: Time for dedicated professional development, conference attendance, corporate partner and industry training, peer group collaboration, hackathons, as well as paid certifications, education reimbursement and student loan forgiveness.

What you'll do day-to-day (with your colleagues):

• Responsibilities involve managing all stages of the procurement/subcontracts life cycle, to include RFQ's, receiving quotes, development and negotiation of favorable prices, terms, schedules and other provisions of purchase orders, subcontracts, and other contract types, ensuring consistency with end-user requirements and procurement policies/procedures.
• Will have autonomy for the assigned area of responsibility and act as staff professional for company and government regulatory practices and policies for procurement acquisition activities.
• Purchase order and subcontract administration/file maintenance
• Closeout for all procurement related activities and supplier customer management, including negotiating price/cost and price/cost-related terms and other contract provisions
• Confers with suppliers and subcontractors and analyzes suppliers'/subcontractors' operations to determine factors that affect prices and determines lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules
• Recommends suppliers based on gathered information and may also recommend improvements to procurement processes and procedures
• Assume other responsibilities as requested in support of departmental goals and priorities

Minimum requirements for this position:

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• 2 years of industry experience with Federal Government Procurement and/or Subcontracting
• A Bachelors Degree. 4 additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for degree.
• Previous experience in Sourcing roles/Supply Chain roles in a Government Procurement environment with FAR and DFAR experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel and Outlook

These skills would be amazing:

• Ability to communicate across several levels of staff and customers/vendors
• Ability to take a structured and proactive approach to full lifecycle management of projects
• Ability to actively prioritize projects in accordance with changing targets
• Ability to come up with creative solutions to complex problems and communicate those to achieve stakeholder buy-in
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Exhibit critical thinking and research skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Solid communications skills, both written and oral
• Experience with Costpoint purchasing system

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For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on Maxar's Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply, submit your application via Maxar's Career page.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.