The Role
Manage supplier performance, overdue purchase orders, delivery escalations, purchase order acknowledgements, procurement metrics, sourcing, negotiations, contract compliance, pricing analysis, and invoice resolution. The role owns supplier relationships, corrective action plans, cost-saving opportunities, procurement documentation, and reporting while ensuring compliance with company policies and FAR/DFARS requirements.
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Job Title: Buyer III / Supplier Management Specialist
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
Position Type: Contracted - 09/21/2026 - 12/31/2026 (Possible Extension or Permanent but not Guaranteed)
Job Type: 100% On-Site
Pay rate: $60/-hr on W2
Qualification Questions:
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
Position Type: Contracted - 09/21/2026 - 12/31/2026 (Possible Extension or Permanent but not Guaranteed)
Job Type: 100% On-Site
Pay rate: $60/-hr on W2
Qualification Questions:
- Describe your experience managing suppliers and resolving overdue purchase orders or delivery issues. What results did you achieve?
- What procurement metrics have you tracked (e.g., on-time delivery, overdue POs, supplier performance), and how have you used that data to improve outcomes?
- Tell us about a time you had to follow up persistently with suppliers and internal stakeholders to meet a critical deadline. What was the situation and outcome?
- This is less of a true negotiation buyer role and more of a supplier management, escalation, and follow up position. The majority of this role will be spend chasing down suppliers for updates and on time delivery.
- Drive down overdue purchase orders through daily follow-up, escalation, and root-cause resolution; own the aging backlog for your assigned categories and suppliers
- Improve supplier on-time delivery (OTD) performance against committed dates; identify chronic underperformers and implement corrective action plans
- Secure and enforce timely PO acknowledgement from suppliers, confirming price, quantity, delivery date, and terms
- Track and manage daily metrics (overdue POs, PO acknowledgement rate, OTD, cycle time, cost savings) and report status to leadership
- Source, negotiate, and procure services across various categories
- Manage the procurement process from requisition creation through final payment of invoices, and be accountable for resolving issues within this process
- Conduct price analysis in support of supplier proposals and lead formal negotiations of all types
- Review service procurement requests for compliance, implement contracts, and engage with suppliers to ensure optimal pricing, service, and terms while reducing costs and minimizing risk
- Ensure professional and consistent supplier management, cultivating relationships across the supply base in alignment with internal policies
- Maintain accurate procurement documentation and records for all agreement types
- Identify cost-saving opportunities
- Track and manage daily metrics
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field
- Minimum 4-5 years of experience in procurement/purchasing, specifically in Supply Chain Services Procurement
- Proven experience in strategic sourcing, supplier identification, and evaluation
- Experience sourcing and evaluating potential suppliers across multiple service categories
- Independent and entrepreneurial work style; experience in a hyper-growth company or comparable environment is desirable
- Strong ability to engage with different internal and senior stakeholders and work effectively with multiple functional teams
- Essential skills include an analytical approach, excellent negotiation abilities, strong communication skills, and comfort operating at all hierarchy levels
- Ability to interpret and apply company policies, procedures, work instructions, business standards, and U.S. government regulations (i.e., FAR, DFAR compliance)
- Strong analytical skills and data-driven mindset with experience establishing and tracking program metrics
- Ability to perform written price reasonableness determinations and price analyses using various pricing methods and data sources
- Proven ability to meet tight deadlines, multi-task, and prioritize workload on a daily basis
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
- Experience in aerospace or other technical industries
- Experience with Government Contracts
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field
- Minimum 4–5 years of procurement or purchasing experience, specifically in supply chain services procurement
- Experience in strategic sourcing, supplier identification, and supplier evaluation
- Experience sourcing and evaluating suppliers across multiple service categories
- Ability to engage internal and senior stakeholders and work across multiple functional teams
- Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills
- Ability to interpret and apply company policies, procedures, business standards, and U.S. government regulations, including FAR and DFARS
- Experience establishing and tracking procurement or program metrics
- Ability to perform written price reasonableness determinations and price analyses using varied methods and data sources
- Ability to meet tight deadlines, multitask, and prioritize daily workload
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Independent and entrepreneurial work style
- Experience in a hyper-growth company or comparable environment
- Experience in aerospace or other technical industries
- Experience with government contracts
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The Company
What We Do
IntelliPro Group Inc. is one of the fastest growing IT services and HR solutions companies in Americas & APAC. We provide comprehensive IT services to help clients with IT Strategic Planning, Implementation, Deployment, IT Support on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Mobile Application Development, Data Mining and Business Intelligence, Enterprise Data Warehouse, and more. Besides our established IT services, our new business now is quickly extending to one-stop HR Solution Services, including Oversea Branch Setup Consulting, Compensation & Benefits Policy Consulting, Payroll Management Service, Talent Recruiting, and Employer Branding to satisfy our clients’ fast business expansion requirement. We have built our business on our company-wide commitment to continually overdeliver on the high expectations of our clients, employees, and business partners. The secret to our success is that our unified team works harder, faster, smarter, and more collaboratively than anyone else in the talent acquisition business. In addition to the immense talent and proprietary technology, IntelliPro Group is proud to offer continual professional development and extraordinary benefits to both consultants and full-time employees.
