Associate Buyer

Description

Associate Buyer

Location: Huntsville, AL

US Citizenship required

Leidos is seeking an Associate Buyer to support our Huntsville Alabama facility. This is an exciting opportunity to join a large established company and learn the procurement field from the ground up, while contributing substantially to meaningful programs. The successful candidate will provide procurement support and analysis for all contract procurement requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

• The Associate Buyer is responsible for defining plans, processes, methods, and tools for ensuring supply chain management and chain of custody for the life of all Government assets.
• Additionally, the Associate Buyer is responsible for activities associated with researching and recommending cost effective purchase arrangements.
• Support the Government's purchase process and coordinating the delivery of purchases, managing, tracking, and auditing hardware recapitalization, maintenance agreements, and software licensing.
• The individual shall ensure the review of purchase requisitions for clarity, compliance, detail, completeness, and obtain additional information considered necessary.
• Will actively manage the procurement process from order placement through receipt of products and subsequent payment of invoices.
• Actively manage supplier performance through consistent communication to ensure proper adherence to purchase order terms and conditions; and participate in the invoice approval process to ensure that supplier invoices are in accordance with purchase order terms & conditions to resolve issues as necessary.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a bachelor's degree and some work experience- generally less than 2 years. A combination of education, experience, training through employment, internships, military, or certification relative to procurement may be considered in lieu of degree.
• US Citizenship required.
• Ability to effectively communicate processes and procedures to customer base where appropriate
• Possess outstanding customer service skills to meet high demand requirements.
• Ability to travel between local sites on occasion to coordinate activities.
• Strong interpersonal skills to maintain effective working relationships with team members and customer
• Strong oral and written communication skills to compose and deliver responses to customers' questions in a clear and concise manner
• Willingness to learn new skills and apply them confidently in day-to-day processes.
• Requires the use of problem-solving techniques to address unique procurement requests that impact critical support requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior procurement experience with a government contracting firm is a plus.
• Experience in a similar role executing on time deliveries of machines, equipment, and components; interacting with key suppliers; dealing with the financial impacts of supplier decisions on programs; and managing, tracking, and auditing existing hardware and software inventories.
• Experience supporting procurement system compliance, materials management, prime contract flow downs, supplier quality, and supplier teaming to achieve successful results.
• Experience working with price analysis methodologies.

Defense Supply Chain

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Original Posting:

November 5, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $45,500.00 - $82,250.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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