# Associate Buyer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: 6314 Remote/Teleworker US
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $45,500.00 - $82,250.00
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain

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## Description

Start your procurement career with Leidos as an Associate Buyer in our Shared Services Procurement organization. You'll work on purchasing materials, equipment, and services for various programs, gaining hands-on experience in supplier management, purchasing, negotiations, and government contracting requirements.

Responsibilities:

- Process routine purchase requests for materials, equipment, and services

- Prepare and issue requests for quotations to suppliers and evaluate responses

- Review purchase requisitions for accuracy and completeness

- Prepare and issue purchase orders within assigned purchasing authority

- Communicate with suppliers regarding pricing, availability, and delivery schedules

- Assist with basic price analysis, supplier selection, and negotiations

- Maintain accurate purchasing records and supporting documentation

- Monitor open purchase orders and follow up on supplier deliveries

- Collaborate with internal customers and procurement professionals

- Develop a working knowledge of procurement processes and applicable regulations

- Identify opportunities to improve purchasing efficiency and customer service

- Escalate complex purchasing issues to senior buyers or management

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or a related field with less than two years of relevant professional experience

- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

- Ability to analyze information and resolve routine problems

- Demonstrated willingness to learn new systems and processes

- Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment

Preferred Qualifications:

- Internship or previous work experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain

- Familiarity with basic purchasing processes or enterprise resource planning systems

- Basic understanding of government contracting requirements

- Experience using Microsoft Excel to organize and analyze data

- Customer service experience with effective communication and problem-solving skills

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## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Office
- procurement
- supplier management
- negotiations
- government contracting

### Nice to have
- enterprise resource planning
- Microsoft Excel
- customer service
- supplier negotiations
- price analysis

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