Procurement / Purchasing Associates

Procurement / Purchasing Associates

Location : Everett, WA 98204 Pay Rate : $50.00 / hr. to $55.00 / hr. on W2 Shift Timing : Day Duration : 6+ months

Job Description : Carries out procurement processes, standards, and operational plans, including RFPs, negotiation preparations, and cost analysis. Responds to client inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations to ensure customer satisfaction. Carries out activities associated with purchasing goods, materials, supplies, and services to ensure terms are in the organization's best interest. Prepares purchase orders, approves payments, and negotiates prices to ensure the procurement process goes smoothly, under general guidance. Compiles price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to provide input on reasonable prices. Prepares requests for proposals (RFP) and bid packages to take on new accounts. Monitors contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations. Contacts suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries to ensure resolution of problems such as shortages and missed or late deliveries.

Established and productive professional contributor. Problems faced are difficult and may be complex. Works autonomously with limited supervision. Influences others within the work area through explanation of facts, policies, and practices.

Does the candidate need to have ERP or MRP experience to be qualified? If so, what system would the hiring team like to see on a resume? Preferred, but not necessarily a dealbreaker for me we are using SAP it would get them started quicker.

Required Experience : Not specific, role will touch most likely all commodities. Majority of parts are machined / sheet metal parts, some vacuum formed parts, lots of hardware and electrical. All other commodities vary in the extend by the program Not in terms of pricing but negotiations in terms of expedite options if that makes sense.

What functions in Microsoft Excel will be utilized daily? Pivot tables, search functions, XLookup, sorting, filtering

Additional Skills : MPI Background working with CI Business. Managing those projects, part purchasing. Some program management background.

Procurement / Purchasing Associates : Must be motivated, common sense and good work ethic. Tasks / responsibilities will come from the program buyer.

Required Education : Bachelor's Required and at least 7+ years of relevant experience working within Supply Chain (

• do not need planners)

Required Experience : Needs Purchasing and Procurement experience Citizenship : Must be US Citizen or US Person (Green Card holder)

About Our Company : 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies' delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.