Indirect Buyer Level 2
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What you'll do
- Sourcing and purchasing the goods and services needed to support daily business operations, including facilities, maintenance, IT, equipment, and professional services.
- Managing competitive sourcing, supplier selection, negotiations, purchase orders, and delivery follow-up to ensure timely service and cost-effective purchasing.
- Working closely with internal stakeholders, Finance, and Contracts, following company purchasing policies and applicable Government contracting requirements.
- Maintaining accurate procurement documentation and supporting appropriate cost classification and audit readiness.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, operations, business, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience considered.
- 5+ years of warehouse, inventory-control, materials-management, or logistics experience, including supervisory or management responsibility.
- Experience supporting Government or defense contracts and managing Government-furnished property (GFP) and/or contractor-acquired property in accordance with applicable FAR requirements.
- Demonstrated experience maintaining accurate, complete, and auditable inventory and property records, including receipt, issue, transfer, location, quantity, condition, disposition, and contract accountability.
- Experience leading physical inventories, cycle counts, reconciliation, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions for inventory discrepancies.
- Ability to establish and maintain inventory controls that protect material from loss, damage, deterioration, theft, misidentification, and unauthorized use.
- Experience with receiving, inspection coordination, put-away, material handling, picking, kitting, staging, shipping, and returns processes.
- Working knowledge of inventory traceability practices, including lot, serial, batch, part-number, and revision/configuration control, as applicable.
- Proficiency with ERP, warehouse-management, inventory-control, barcode/RFID, and Microsoft Excel systems.
- Experience supervising warehouse personnel; setting work priorities; developing procedures; tracking productivity, accuracy, and on-time delivery performance.
- Knowledge of safe material-handling, storage, packaging, shipping, hazardous-material, and security practices appropriate to the facility and products handled.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with procurement, quality, engineering, manufacturing, program management, finance, and Government/customer representatives.
Nice to have
- Experience preparing for or supporting property-management-system audits, DCMA reviews, internal audits, or Government property administration.
- Familiarity with Government property reporting, discrepancy reporting, loss/damage investigations, corrective actions, and contract closeout/disposition activities.
- Experience handling controlled, sensitive, high-value, serialized, export-controlled, or mission-critical material.
- APICS/ASCM certification such as CPIM or CLTD, or related credentials in warehouse, logistics, or supply-chain management.
- Experience leading warehouse layout, process-improvement, lean, 5S, or automation initiatives.
- Experience in aerospace, defense, electronics, manufacturing, or R&D regulated environment.
Summarised by NextRaise from the employer’s description, which follows in full below.
Full description from employer
Infleqtion is a global quantum technology company solving the world's most challenging problems. The company harnesses quantum mechanics to build and integrate quantum computers, sensors, and networks. From fundamental physics to leading edge commercial products, Infleqtion enables “quantum everywhere” through our ecosystem of devices and platforms.
The Indirect Buyer is responsible for sourcing and purchasing the goods and services needed to support daily business operations, including facilities, maintenance, IT, equipment, and professional services. This role manages competitive sourcing, supplier selection, negotiations, purchase orders, and delivery follow-up to ensure timely service and cost-effective purchasing. Working closely with internal stakeholders, Finance, and Contracts, the Indirect Buyer follows company purchasing policies and applicable Government contracting requirements, maintains accurate procurement documentation, and supports appropriate cost classification and audit readiness. Success in this role requires sound judgment, strong supplier relationships, attention to detail, and the ability to balance operational needs, cost, quality, and compliance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, finance, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience considered.
- 3+ years of purchasing, procurement, sourcing, or buying experience, with a focus on indirect goods and services.
- Experience sourcing and purchasing indirect categories such as MRO, facilities, IT hardware/software, professional services, office supplies, travel-related services, equipment, and outsourced support.
- Experience supporting Government contracts and maintaining procurement documentation consistent with applicable FAR, company policy, and customer requirements.
- Working knowledge of FAR cost principles, particularly the need for purchases charged to Government work to be reasonable, allocable, allowable when applicable, and supported by documentation.
- Ability to conduct competitive sourcing, develop Statements of Work, evaluate quotations, perform price or cost analysis, negotiate terms, and document supplier-selection decisions.
- Experience creating and administering purchase orders, blanket purchase agreements, service agreements, amendments, and supplier records.
- Experience managing supplier performance, including pricing, service levels, lead times, invoicing issues, and corrective actions.
- Proficiency with ERP/procurement (NetSuite is a plus) systems and Excel or similar analysis tools.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to serve internal customers while enforcing procurement policy.
- High ethical standards and sound judgment regarding conflicts of interest, fair competition, confidentiality, and supplier interactions.
- Preferred qualifications
- Experience in a Government contracting, aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or other regulated environment.
- Experience supporting DCAA, DCMA, internal audit, or customer review activities.
- Experience with contract-flowdown requirements, supplier responsibility checks, and supplier-risk management.
- Professional certification such as CPSM, CPPM, or an APICS/ASCM credential.
- Experience leading strategic sourcing projects, spend analyses, cost-reduction initiatives, or procurement-system improvements.
Benefits
- Salary Range: per year 90000-110000
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, short/long-term disability
- Employer-funded Health Savings Account
- Unlimited PTO
- 401(k) match
- Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
- Flexible Savings Account
- Paid FMLA, Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Student Loan Repayment
- Equity Program
Notice to Recruitment Agencies:
Infleqtion does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Infleqtion is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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