Job Description

**Description** SAIC has an opening for a Subcontracts Principal for the Business Management office which encompasses the entire acquisition value chain, from sell-side activities like customer engagement and strategy development to buy-side operations including program execution, strategic alliances, supply chain management, subcontractor development, and materials procurement. As a comprehensive acquisition organization, we support both external and internal customers in achieving their mission goals. Our dynamic team of acquisition professionals underpins critical business areas and strategic initiatives across Mission IT, Enterprise IT, Engineering Services, and Professional Services. **This position may be remote anywhere in the United States for the right candidate.** SAIC's Business Management organization is seeking a proactive and highly adaptable individual to join its Procurement Team as a Subcontracts Principal. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in service and material purchasing, and must thrive in a fast-paced environment. A background in various contract types, including Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Reimbursable, and Time and Materials (T&M) contracts is required, with particular emphasis in managing and administering FFP contracts. Attention to detail and strong organizational skills are essential. The role requires the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team setting. **Typical Responsibilities:** + Develops subcontract specifications, work statements, and terms and conditions for the procurement of specialized materials, equipment, and services for subcontract systems in support of development, production and global sustainment for multiple contract types. + Prepares bid packages, conducts bidders' conferences, develops evaluation criteria, analyzes and evaluates proposals, negotiates subcontract provisions, selects or recommends subcontractors, writes subcontract packages for review, prepares awards and administers resulting subcontracts. + Will be required to analyze proposals for all areas of compliance (cost/T&C/etc.) and will be involved in supplier negotiations leading to subcontract awards with subcontractors of various size and capabilities within the industry. Must understand cost/price analysis concepts and tools and be able to implement and complete analysis on moderate complexity supplier proposals. + Negotiates and coordinates additions, deletions, or modifications to subcontracts. + May sign supplier agreements and purchase orders within established authority. + Confers with suppliers and analyzes suppliers' operations to determine factors that affect prices and determines best value and/or lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules. + May analyze production/procurement data to develop procurement strategy for the programs. + Contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards. Considered expert in field within the organization. + Receives assignments in the form of objectives and establishes goals to meet objectives. Provides guidance to more junior team members to achieve goals in accordance with established policies. + Develops solutions to complex problems, which require the regular use of ingenuity and innovation. Ensures solutions are consistent with organization objectives. + Work is performed without appreciable direction. + Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment. + Completed work is reviewed from a relatively long-term perspective for desired results. **Qualifications** **Required Education and Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institute and minimum ten (10) years or more of related experience; Master's and eight (8) years or more experience. Degree in Supply Chain or Business Administration is preferred. + Experience issuing and managing Services Agreements & Materials Purchase orders. + Must have an understanding of the government acquisition process. + Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). + Advance negotiation, oral, and written communication, customer service skills are required. + Candidate must possess a positive and proactive attitude and ability to handle multiple high visibility critical tasks simultaneously. + High level of organization and attention to detail. + Must be a US Citizen. **Desired Qualifications:** + Proficiency in word processing, excel spreadsheets, data systems, analysis techniques, and workstation tools. + Experience utilizing Deltek CostPoint or similar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. + Ability to read and understand drawings and technical specifications. REQNUMBER: 2505833 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

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