Location: Amarillo, TX - Downtown PAC
Job Title: Procurement Compliance Analyst
Career Level From: Specialist
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: SC Business Management (50001366)
Job Specialty: Supply Chain-Multi Function
What You'll Do
The Supply Chain Business Management (SCBM) Procurement Compliance Analyst (PCA), plays a pivotal role in ensuring PanTeXas Deterrence, LLC (PXD) maintains robust compliance with all applicable contractual, statutory, regulatory, policy, and procurement requirements. This position requires advanced knowledge in procurement compliance and the ability to lead projects, solve complex problems, and influence organizational objectives. The PCA will identify and mitigate risks, drive continuous improvement, and provide expert guidance to stakeholders, ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of PXD's purchasing system.
Key Responsibilities
- Compliance Oversight and Leadership: Lead the maintenance and monitoring of SCBM's internal processes and procedures, conducting comprehensive reviews of the Managing and Operator (M&O) purchasing system for adherence to all relevant requirements, including Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) contract stipulations and government regulations. This includes the application of significant judgment and professional competency.
- Complex Problem Solving and Solution Development: Analyze complex, diverse business problems impacting the organization and develop original or new solutions. This involves selecting the best solution from a range of possible or known options and leading initiatives to implement these solutions.
- Project Management: Plan, execute, and lead complex projects related to procurement compliance across organizational units. Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring objectives are met and outcomes are aligned with business goals.
- Policy and Procedure Enhancement: Perform in-depth audits and analyses of activities and functions to assess program health, identify areas for improvement, and lead the development and implementation of enhancements to policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Expert Guidance and Influence: Serve as a subject matter expert in procurement compliance, providing technical expertise and guidance to Procurement Specialists on contract and purchasing requests. Advise on the development and maintenance of procurement process documentation, including guidelines, clauses, procedures, and the Procurement Process Description.
- Negotiation and Contract Management: Provide guidance to assist in the negotiation of complex contracts and agreements with suppliers, and manage exceptions to standard Terms and Conditions, ensuring favorable terms and compliance.
- Stakeholder Collaboration and Communication: Foster effective working relationships and collaborate frequently with internal and external stakeholders, including Procurement Operations, Ethics, Internal Audit, Quality, Performance Assurance, and senior management. Act as a spokesperson for key business systems, influencing decisions and objectives.
- Process Optimization and Risk Mitigation: Identify and mitigate supply chain risks, including disruptions, supplier reliability, geopolitical factors, and regulatory compliance, developing contingency plans to ensure business continuity. Optimize procurement processes for cost efficiency and sustainability.
- Training and Mentorship: Provide leadership, mentorship, and training to less senior staff and internal clients on procurement compliance policies, procedures, and best practices. Oversee and assist staff in navigating complex aspects of their work.
- Reporting and Analysis: Create and maintain detailed reports on procurement compliance performance metrics for senior management.
- Safety and Quality Assurance: Facilitate and support all plant safety initiatives, ensuring the integration of Integrated Safety Management (ISM) principles in all procurement compliance activities.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
- Master's degree: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
- OR Applicants without a bachelor's degree may be considered based on a combination of at least 13 years of completed education and/or relevant experience.
DOE Order 426.2A Requirements
Not applicable
Preferred Job Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Government Policy, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in procurement, supply chain, or compliance roles, with a proven track record of managing complex projects and leading initiatives.
- Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of procurement principles, theories, professional competencies, work methods, and government regulations (including Federal Acquisition Regulation/ Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation) applicable to DOE/NNSA contracts.
Skills - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to develop original solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and persuade stakeholders at all levels.
- Demonstrated leadership and project management capabilities.
- Proficiency in supply chain management software and data analysis tools.
- Strong negotiation and contract management abilities.
- Ability to exercise considerable independent judgment and discretion.
- Autonomy: Functions with significant autonomy, guided by objectives and broad organizational policies, with latitude in determining objectives and approach to work assignments.
Why Pantex?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Pantex you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.
Pantex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
Pantex is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.
