Date: Aug 14, 2025
Location: Syracuse, NY, New York, United States
Company: HII’s Mission Technologies division
Requisition Number: 24967
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Anticipated Salary Range: $72,693.00 - $90,000.00
Security Clearance: None
Level of Experience: Mid

SUMMARY:

HII-Mission Technologies is looking for a motivated individual to fill the role of Buyer for our Syracuse, NY Operations. This position will support the purchasing of material for electronics, equipment, and services for multiple programs. The selected candidate will work with a high energy team of engineers, program managers, and suppliers to ensure delivery requirements are being met.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• 5 + years’ experience with FAR & DFAR implementation and maintenance of a CPSR Purchasing System
• Experience procuring material related to electronics and electrical components
• Manufacturing Background
• Costpoint Experience
  HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.
  The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role’s location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII’s Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role’s function and a candidate’s education or training, work experience, and key skills.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Execute the procurement of materials and services including price, availability, and delivery schedule
• Develops, negotiates, and administers purchase orders and other agreements of high dollar value, risk, and complexity, consistent with client requirements and procurement policies/procedures
• Creates solicitations and Request for Quotes (RFQ) documentation, supports proposals, conducts price and cost analysis, negotiates price/cost and price/cost related terms and other purchase order or other agreement provisions
• Performs analysis of supplier proposals with respect to terms & conditions, appropriate FAR clause flow-downs, proposed price/cost, schedule, and coordination of the technical response as it relates to the specifications/statement of work
• Working with other program staff, plays a significant role in ensuring compliance with required performance
• Participates on multi-functional teams to obtain business solutions on complex, nonstandard agreements
• Regularly interacts with other procurement organization staff, functional peer groups, suppliers, and internal customers
• Represents Procurement in interactions with program management personnel on a variety of Procurement matters
• Regularly provides advice and counsel to business counterparts, specifically as it relates to risk identification and risk mitigation
• Tracks the status of requisitions and purchase orders
• Follows up on all awards until completion of order
• Prepares purchase orders and sends copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests
• Negotiates and settles with suppliers regarding damage claims, rejections, losses, return of materials, over-shipments, cancellations, and engineering change orders.
• Work independently with limited supervision on multiple complex projects simultaneously