Senior Procurement Associate: Supplier & Cost Optimizer

L3Harris Technologies; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Melbourne, FL is seeking a Senior Associate, Procurement to support the end-to-end PO lifecycle, supplier onboarding, and strategic sourcing. The role emphasizes accuracy, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and adherence to FAR/DFARS and related regulations.

The ideal candidate brings detail orientation, strong communication, and a proactive approach to delivering cost reductions, supplier performance improvements, and process efficiency in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with minimum 2 years of related experience.
• Master’s Degree with 0 to 2 years of related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of related experience.
• Minimum 1 year experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, WORD, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Works under moderate level of guidance and direction.
• Supports assigned commodity of basic complexity to medium complexity.
• Communicates effectively with suppliers, management and supports cross-functional requests and inquiries.
• Ensures all applicable program, company, compliance, engineering, quality, technical specifications, and other item-specific conformance criteria are clearly and adequately conveyed to suppliers for accountability.
• Responsible for sourcing, administering, management, and close out of purchase orders based on experience, technical proficiency, commodity expertise, and supplier relationship and risk management capabilities.
• Able to negotiate, price, lead times and pay terms, and execute legal documents as required (i.e., Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Legal Agreements, Terms and Conditions etc.).
• Reviews Purchase Order (PO) Compliance packages up to Delegation of Authority (DOA) level, with FAR/DFARS, AMS and CPSR requirements.
• Ensures supplier is adhering to the technical specifications and terms of the purchase order.
• Able to analyze and ensure compliance to prime contract and program's contractual, legal, technical, and quality requirements.
• Develops action plans to address supplier performance trends, mitigate supplier risks, and lead items to closure.
• Proactively communicates with suppliers to identify and resolve internal supply chain disruptions as they arise.
• Manages and resolves Supplier Support Requests (e.g., deviation requests, first article inspection, changes).
• Promotes supplier relationship management practices, and enhances system processes including returns to vendor and nonconformance actions.
• Able to manage all aspects of supplier communications within a cross functional team.
• Incorporates personal metrics into workload and understands supplier metrics.
• May mentor others as a PEER

Skills

Microsoft Office

Communication

Problem-solving

Lean Six Sigma

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree + 2 years

Master’s Degree +0–2 years

6+ years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Melbourne, FL is seeking a Senior Associate, Procurement to support the end-to-end PO lifecycle, supplier onboarding, and strategic sourcing. The role emphasizes accuracy, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and adherence to FAR/DFARS and related regulations.

The ideal candidate brings detail orientation, strong communication, and a proactive approach to delivering cost reductions, supplier performance improvements, and process efficiency in a fast-paced