Procurement Agent 1
Job description
Job Title: Buyer/ Procurement Agent
Duration: 12 months
Location: Rosemead CA 91770 United States
Pay Range: $30 – 31.70/Hourly on W2
JOB SUMMARY
Associate’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Typically possesses zero to three years of experience in negotiating and purchasing.
The successful candidate must have a basic knowledge and demonstrated ability to apply principles of financial analysis, activity based costing and supply chain methodology.
Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with customers and suppliers.
Excellent written and verbal communications are required.
Independently commit the company by planning and authorizing purchase contracts, contract changes and other procurement instruments having signatory authority.
- Lead procurement team and managing the total procurement effort for assigned projects/programs, including directing such tasks as fact finding, price and cost analysis, source selection, negotiations, and bidder briefings and debriefings.
- Lead on-site audits and supplier assessments as necessary to qualify, evaluate and develop suppliers.
- Improve supplier performance by monitoring cost, quality, and schedule compliance; initiating and implementing appropriate action to resolve problems; and, mediating conflicts and establish resolution with customers and suppliers.
- Manage procurement packages by gaining a thorough understanding of supplier-customer relationships; by developing a working knowledge of own organization?s relationships with other organizations; and, by developing and implementing and authorizing actions to incorporate with other functional disciplines.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of procurement basics, ethical business conduct, legal principles, and protection of supplier and customer proprietary data by complying with company policies, procedures and accepted business practices.
- Maintain contractual integrity of procurement packages by reviewing, determining and incorporating appropriate State and Federal regulations, contract flow-down requirements, and other special terms and conditions peculiar to individual contracts types.
- Develop other procurement team members by providing guidance on technical procurement issues.9. Foster increased productivity and advancement opportunities by personal commitment to professional development and by practicing continuous improvement of processes.
10. Support Corporate goals for small business/small disadvantaged business by promoting the use of qualified sources and by seeking, encouraging and assisting new candidates to become qualified
Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority-owned staffing company in the U.S., Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian’s platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.
Dexian’s brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/ to learn more.
Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
