BUYER

About Us

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields - each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences - then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

Job Overview

The Buyer is responsible for awarding, administering, and closing out purchase orders and blanket purchase agreements for acquiring a wide range of supplies, materials, equipment, and services. This role involves negotiating purchase orders, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures, and managing supplier relationships to meet project requirements. The Buyer must support cost-effective and timely purchasing strategies.

Work Model: Onsite/In-Office

Responsibilities

Essential Duties & Job Functions:

• Provide exceptional purchasing support to internal business and operational teams, ensuring timely and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services to maximize value, minimize delays, and contribute to overall project success.
• Review purchase requests for completeness and accuracy; engage with requestors as necessary to resolve discrepancies and errors.
• Source, negotiate, and procure materials and services as requested through approved purchase requests.
• Perform market research, evaluate suppliers, issue requests for quotes (RFQs), analyze quotes, and select offers from approved vendors in accordance with source selection criteria serve the best interests of the business and its customers.
• Create and maintain purchase orders within the designated purchasing system, ensuring all data-including supplier information, pricing, delivery schedules, and terms-are accurate, complete, and updated regularly to reflect current purchasing activities.
• Track and expedite purchase orders to ensure timely delivery, resolve discrepancies, and manage modifications or cancellations. Ensure that all changes are properly documented and communicated to stakeholders and suppliers.
• Maintain accurate and complete purchasing records, including purchase orders, supplier communications, and compliance documentation, ensuring all records meet comply with company policies.
• Ensure all procurement activities comply with company policies and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Accountable For:

• Proficient knowledge of company procurement policies and procedures.
• Completing all mandated training requirements per government and company directives.
• Timely, efficient, and effective performance of duties.
• Effective and clear communications, verbally and in writing, with all levels within a diverse organization and with suppliers.
• Adherence to established company safety policies and ability to work in a safe manner, using any required personal protective equipment (PPE) as may be required.
• Compliance with company standard operating procedures and policies and procedures.
• Maintain accurate records and prepare required reports and documentation.

Job Requirements

Mandatory:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Basic familiarity with mathematical functions.
• Ability to use Excel and Microsoft Word at an intermediate level.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a favorable National Agency Check with inquiries (NACI), Secret DoD security clearance, Top Secret DoD security clearance, or Intelligence Community clearance as may be required by a contract position.
• Successfully pass any employment background check and/drug test as required.
• Ability to obtain & maintain a valid Driver's License and an acceptable driving record.

Preferred:

• Associate or bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance, contracts and contracting, purchasing, economics, supply chain management, or related field; or three (3) years of specialized purchasing experience.
• Education and experience may be substituted interchangeably.
• Experience working with federal Government contracts.
• Basic knowledge and experience with an automated purchasing system.
• Familiarity with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplements (DFARS).

Working Conditions:

• Work is typically sedentary in nature performed in an office setting. Incumbent should be able to sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, talk, hear, and write.

Physical Requirements:

• The Buyer should be able to use limbs and body members with a good range of motion.
• Occasional lifting or moving of objects weighing up to 35 pounds may be required.

Reasonable Accommodation:

CGS will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any if its subsidiaries, please email ada@chugachgov.com .

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.