Buyer

Citadel; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 123,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness perks

Empathy training

Flexible hours

Job summary

Citadel in Huntington Beach is seeking a mid-level Buyer who brings intentionality to decisions and operations. The role emphasizes empathy, stakeholder management, and ownership.

You’ll balance general ownership with Citadel growth, using data-driven reasoning to keep projects on track while maintaining flexible, part-time hours in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on empathy experience that survives a whiteboard interview.
• Stakeholder management skills that colleagues rely on.
• Reliability and proactive communication with managers.
• Adaptability and resilience with shifting requirements.
• Confident communication across emails, calls and in-person meetings.
• Ability to teach others and share knowledge.
• Comfort presenting to a CA-wide audience without a script.

Responsibilities

• Stitch together strategic planning and process improvement into a coherent workflow.
• Keep leadership informed with actionable numbers and insights.
• Respond to internal and external requests timely and professionally.
• Follow safety protocols and best practices at all times.
• Manage and track Citadel's part-time commitments.
• Make general trade-offs visible for informed decision-making.
• Maintain Citadel's resilience pipeline with minimal hand-holding.
• Translate mid-level objectives into concrete, day-to-day steps.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Adaptability

Empathy

Mentoring others

Public speaking

Job description

The general world moves fast, and Citadel needs a mid-level Buyer in Huntington Beach who moves with intent, not just speed. What you're really weighing is $96,000 - $123,000 against 4 years, with general ownership and Citadel growth tipping the scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Stitch together Strategic Planning and Process Improvement into one coherent workflow
• Keep Citadel leadership honest with numbers they can act on
• Respond to internal and external requests in a timely, professional manner
• Follow safety protocols and best practices at all times
• Keep Citadel's part-time commitments visible and on track
• Make general tradeoffs visible so Citadel can weigh them
• Keep Citadel's Resilience pipeline humming without constant hand-holding
• Translate mid-level objectives into concrete, actionable day-to-day steps

What You'll Bring

• Hands-on Empathy experience that survives a whiteboard interview
• A knack for Stakeholder Management that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings
• Demonstrated ability to teach what you know to someone greener
• Comfort presenting to a CA-wide audience without a script

At Citadel, our mission is to make general simpler, faster, and more accessible for everyone in Huntington Beach, CA and beyond. We keep ego out of code review and let the Empathy argument win on its merits.

Money matters, so we lead with $96,000 - $123,000; then come the wellness perks, the Empathy training, and hours you actually control.

Right now Citadel is mid-search, and the Buyer chair is yours to claim.

If steady part-time work with real stakes appeals to you, the Buyer chair is waiting.