Procurement Manager

Location: Anchorage Alaska Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

Type: Exempt

Work Schedule: Full-Time Day Shift

Compensation: $102600 - $122600 annual salary

Benefits: Tessera is proud to offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to our eligible part-time and full-time employees.

Procurement Manager Benefits:

• Medical Dental Vision Life & Short-Term Disability Insurance

• Elective 401(k) retirement plan with a 3% employer discretionary contribution after 90-days of employment

• Flexible Spending Accounts for both medical and dependent care

• 11 paid federal holidays accrual of 12 paid days of vacation at the start of employment paid sick leave

• Potential shared earning bonus

• Tuition assistance is available after 1 year of employment and potential scholarships for qualified dependents

• Professional development certifications and training opportunities

• Verizon wireless discount

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and an engaging wellness program

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility for full-time employees

Tessera is dedicated to Creating Opportunities for People with Disabilities by hiring and supporting individuals with disabilities as well as veterans with disabilities. We take pride in our purpose-driven culture our core values - Inclusion Partnerships Integrity - and our commitment to providing a safe and respectful work environment to our employees.

The Procurement Manager is responsible for supporting TFM operations at JBER by planning purchasing storing and issuing materials tools and equipment in alignment with Maximo and the Contract Requirements List (CRL). This role supports the full work management lifecycle by actioning approved Maximo work orders and purchase requests coordinating sourcing and receiving maintaining accurate inventory and asset records and ensuring timely documentation and closeout to meet CRL deliverables and Air Force standards. Responsibilities include resolving discrepancies and maintaining auditable procurement and receiving records. The success of this position will draw from Tesseras leadership competencies: Mission and Values: Safety Leadership; Operations Excellence; Customer Service; and Servant Leadership.

Typical duties include but are not limited to:

• Fully support Tesseras mission of Providing Opportunities to People with Disabilities. Actively partner with Tesseras recruiters vocational specialists HR Partners and Workforce Development teams to attract retain and develop a diverse employee workforce.

• Drive a world-class safety culture through leadership engagement safety risk management safety assurance and safety training and promotion. Model positive safety leadership behaviors.

• Demonstrate strong employee relations skills including servant leadership. building morale communication providing feedback and conflict resolution. Collaborates with HR and Vocational staff. Competent in the timely and effective use of employee relations tools and processes.

• Mentor motivate and inspire your teams to operate with a can do will do attitude.

• Support staff in utilizing tuition assistance program for skills training and certification programs.

• Support the site reliability program to extend asset life and reduce breakdowns. Drive an asset ownership culture expand/improve planned maintenance leverage predictive tools and enable key processes such as root cause analysis and preventative maintenance (PM) optimization.

• Contract Management Understand contract requirements as they apply to your team and oversee the day-to-day management. Brief customers and resolves issues as needed.

• Operational Excellence Leverages team and established BI solutions to drive superior performance results e.g. capacity on-time completion backlog quality and customer ratings.

• Change Management Design and implement change successfully. Able to explain the why to employees in language that is relevant to them.

• Interact with suppliers on a daily basis to resolve transactional issues and gather critical information including invoices tracking information and tax documents.

• Responsible for appropriate supplier selection/bidding processes for selected purchase requests and supplier and contract pricing validation for all purchase requests under category management responsibility.

• Support and coordinate projects to improve procurement processes.

• Responsible for supplier communication to resolve transactional issues.

• Responsible for resolving invoice price and terms discrepancies to enable order processing.

• Performs preparation purchasing expediting bid analysis and invoice auditing for manufactured equipment and bulk materials.

• Complete and maintain purchasing forms including bid requests materials requisitions purchase orders logs reports and trending.

• Maintain information on equipment and/or materials in a database with serial numbers and dates of purchase.

• Maintain a tracking sheet for login and logout for all materials tools and vehicles.

• Packing and shipping boxes and mailing and delivering packages to USPS UPS or FedEx.

• Responsible for performing the security screening (external and internal) of all packages received.

• Receipts are to be counted and checked for accuracy before signing off on each order.

• Responsible for ensuring the warehouse is maintained in accordance with safety and environmental requirements and passes inspections.

• Responsible for ensuring purchase receipts are turned in and processed daily.

• All documents will be maintained in compliance with Tesseras ISO system.

• Responsible for handling storage and distribution of classified material and equipment in accordance with established procedures and security requirements.

Qualifications:

• Associates degree preferred.

• Minimum of five (5) years of procurement experience required.

• Must have experience with a work management system.

• Must demonstrate the ability to plan and organize schedule and monitor provide customer service and work effectively under pressure.

Physical Requirements:

Employees must have the ability to perform the following physical demands for extended periods of time with or without assistance. The physical demands of this position may be reasonably accommodated for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions on a case-by-case basis.

• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• May be required to reach kneel walk stand and use repetitive motion for several hours at a time based on position duties.

• Work may require repetitive motion reaching lifting kneeling and walking. Standing or sitting for several hours at a time climbing in and out of a vehicle and up and down stairs may also be required.

• Must have the perseverance to work effectively under pressure for extended periods of time.

Requirements:

• A valid state drivers license is required with the ability to obtain and maintain coverage by Tesseras insurance.

• Access to a federal military installation requires a REAL ID-compliant drivers license or an acceptable alternative such as a U.S. passport or military ID in accordance with the REAL ID Act. Please visit this website for more information: be able to obtain and maintain applicable security clearances and installation access. A background check and E-Verify will be conducted for this position.

*** Access to a federal military installation requires a REAL ID-compliant drivers license or an acceptable alternative such as a U.S. passport or military ID in accordance with the REAL ID Act.

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Tessera is a national non-profit government contractor that is dedicated to Creating Opportunities for People with Disabilities through hiring and supporting individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. We take pride in our mission-focused culture our Core Values Diversity Partnership Commitment Integrity and Quality and our dedication to providing a safe and respectful work environment to our employees.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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Tessera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Women/Minority/Veteran/Disabled - Tessera participates in E-Verify