Purchasing Team Lead

Purchasing Team Lead

The Purchasing Team Lead is responsible for managing the procurement of goods and services in support of Defense Maritime Solutions (DMS) programs. This role ensures that supplier sourcing, negotiations, and contract management activities are aligned with U.S. government regulations, DMS compliance requirements, and customer expectations. The position provides leadership to the purchasing team, drives supplier performance, and ensures procurement processes support organizational strategy and sustainability objectives.

Accountabilities

• Manage the purchasing function to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant procurement of goods and services.
• Lead, mentor, and develop purchasing staff to build team capability and accountability.
• Oversee requisition-to-purchase order processing, ensuring pricing, lead times, and documentation accuracy.
• Maintain supplier and parts master data in ERP (Deltek CostPoint), ensuring consistency and integrity.
• Monitor supplier performance and coordinate corrective actions in alignment with DMS standards and government requirements.
• Support vendor audit programs and ensure non-conformities are addressed.

Daily Activities

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General Knowledge

Working Style

Education and Experience

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities may be required by the job to include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Environment : While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.