Senior Procurement Support Specialist

Allegheny Science & Technology (AST) is currently looking for a Senior Procurement Specialist  to provide a full range of contract procurement support services for a program in the Department of Energy (DOE). This individual must have excellent oral and written communication and ability to meet deadline, perform under pressure and will be responsible for the overall business analysis recommendations and reports meet expectations, are of outstanding quality and interface with senior leadership and contractor managers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Contracting procedures, types, and methods, including formal advertising, fixed-price, cost
  contracting, and use of special provisions and incentives to enable the buyer to plan and carry out
  contracting assignments.
• Industry which furnishes requirements to determine availability of sources and to analyze the
  effects on agency requirements of industrial developments, seasonal price trends, economic factors
  affecting supply and transportation costs.
• Contract life cycle support ranging from day-to-day administration to program assistance and
  acquisition planning, and performance metrics.
• Contract management, and/or project support management.
• Managing level of effort, support services contracts, and coordination of technical and business
  management between organizational entities.
• Contracting techniques including management principles ranging from conceptualizing, planning,
  design, project development, and understanding of cost, scheduling and control measures.
• Managing subcontractors and consultants.
• Cost and price analysis techniques to perform a variety of computations relative to labor and other direct
  costs, indirect costs, specification requirements and charges for preparation and dissemination of
  contract deliverables to determine the best value for the Government.
• Negotiation techniques and skill in devising negotiation strategies to deal with contractors in resolving
  such problems as reducing costs, adjusting delivery schedules, and negotiating in sole source
  environments.
• Review project execution regularly to ensure contractual and financial objective of MA-64 support service contractors are completed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's in Business, Economics, Accounting, Supply Chain Management or other related field
• Minimum 10 years of federal government agency contracting experience