Procurement Supervisor

Overview

PCSI is looking for a Procurement Supervisor to lead a team of Buyers for Naval Base San Diego. This team handles procurement of long lead time materials for navy fleet assets such as ships, submarines, and other parts.

The Procurement Supervisor oversees sourcing of long lead-time materials critical to ship maintenance, ensuring inventory availability, cost control, and compliance with FAR/DFARs and contract requirements. This role leads procurement planning, coordinates RFP responses, and manages supplier relationships to mitigating supply-chain risk. The Procurement Supervisor is essential to providing leadership and coaching to the procurement team to build relationships and ensure the team s success.

We re looking for someone with leadership skills and procurement experience with a naval contractor or other procurement of Navy equipment.
This position is based on-site at our offsite office in Mission Valley near San Diego, CA. The selected candidate must obtain a Secret clearance within 60 days of employment.

• Oversee the procurement of long-lead, mission-critical supplies, equipment, and material in support of government operations and contractual commitments. Procure and maintain adequate stock levels based on historical usage data, criticality of parts, and procurement lead time. Maintain and update schedules for procured items in a fast-paced work environment.
• Lead procurement response efforts for Requests for Proposal (RFPs), including coordinating pricing, supplier input, and internal approvals within turnaround times.
• Serve as the lead procurement interface with major OEMs, suppliers, and critical vendors, negotiating pricing, lead times, expediting deliveries, and mitigating supply-chain risks impacting mission-critical material.
• Exercise independent judgment and decision-making authority in prioritizing procurement actions, resolving vendor issues, and escalating risks.
• Prepare standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all procurement functions and provide guidance and support for all procurement-related matters, ensuring alignment with high-value, long-lead, mission-critical material procurement.
• Discover ways to improve the bidding process, place bids to obtain the business of new vendors, negotiate contracts and contract renewals, and monitor all aspects of the terms of contracts.
• Supervise a Procurement team, and ensure the work identified in the contract is performed properly, on time, safely and within budget. Oversee and supervise the work of subordinates and provide guidance/assistance. Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set priorities and prepare schedules for completion of work.
• Develop performance standards, evaluate performance of subordinates and, as appropriate, recommend awards. Schedule and approve employee leave and initiate personnel actions and provide input, review and certify job descriptions.
• Effect minor disciplinary measures such as warning and reprimands and recommend action in more serious cases. Identify the developmental and training needs of employees.
• Administer corporate personnel policies in accordance with contract and Employee Handbook.
• Support the People Team in investigations, inquiries and implementation of actions and policy.
• Ensure contractual compliance through surveillance, audits and hands-on inspections of work and taking immediate action when work is not completed to standards.
• Process employee time sheets, new hire and termination paperwork and all other administrative tasks by established deadlines.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree or minimum of 5 years of procurement experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Procurement experience with a naval service contractor required, or other naval procurement experience that includes an understanding of naval ship drawings and FAR/DFARs regulations.
• Minimum of 2 years’ leadership experience, to include coaching employees, assessing performance, relationship building, and resolving conflicts.

• Requires extensive…