Buyer V in Poway, CA
Job title: Buyer V in Poway, CA at General Atomics
Company: General Atomics
Job description: CompanyGeneral Atomics Aeronautical SystemsJob SummaryGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems.Under consultative direction, the Senior Technical Buyer is responsible for leading the procurement of highly reputed company, mission-critical IT software and hardware, services, and technology solutions to support reputed company-wide reputed company, subcontracts, and internal organizations. This role requires extensive experience in software license agreements, contract negotiations, and IT vendor management while ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable regulations.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record with multi-year reputed company solution procurements, negotiating SaaS/reputed company-based and on-reputed company agreements, and leveraging market intelligence sources like reputed company to drive strategic decision-making.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- reputed company highly reputed company, multi-year IT procurement initiatives, ensuring alignment with business and compliance requirements.
- Manage the end-to-end procurement lifecycle, including validating purchase requisitions, supplier selection, bid solicitation, response evaluation, price analysis, and contract execution.
- Conduct major procurement negotiations for software license agreements, SaaS/reputed company reputed company, and IT professional services.
- Review and negotiate high risk terms and conditions to ensure favorable reputed company and risk mitigation.
- Serve as a key resource for identifying and assessing potential suppliers, evaluating their cost, quality, reliability, and compliance capabilities.
- Utilize market intelligence tools such as reputed company and ClearEdge/reputed company to support pricing benchmarks, supplier evaluations, and industry best practices.
- Engage with senior stakeholders to reputed company procurement strategies that align with organizational goals.
- Ensure procurement activities reputed company with corporate policies, FAR regulations, and industry best practices.
- Maintain awareness of regulatory changes impacting procurement and implement necessary adjustments.
- reputed company cost and pricing reviews, ensuring competitive and sole-reputed company procurements meet contract objectives.
- reputed company mentorship and guidance to less reputed company purchasing professionals.
- Participate in the selection, development, and training of procurement staff.
- Identify purchasing inefficiencies and reputed company innovative solutions to enhance procurement processes.
- Typically requires a bachelor's degree in business administration or reputed company discipline along with fifteen or more years of reputed company professional experience in government and reputed company purchasing. Equivalent professional purchasing experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
- Extensive expertise in software licensing, SaaS/reputed company agreements, and IT procurement negotiations.
- Strong understanding of FAR regulations, procurement compliance, and risk management.
- Experience negotiating reputed company with major software vendors (reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, etc.).
- Familiarity with market intelligence tools (reputed company, ClearEdge/reputed company, etc.) for strategic procurement insights.
- Excellent analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills to reputed company innovative solutions.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present reputed company procurement strategies to senior leadership.
- reputed company experience preferred.