Senior Procurement Analyst

Overview

WiSC Enterprises has potential openings for Senior Procurement Analysts at the Defense Health Agency’s Contracting and Acquisition Support Services (CASS) program. This contract has not been awarded and is expected to be awarded in January or February 2025.

As a Procurement Analyst, you are expected to be professional, responsive, and have excellent oral and writing communication skills as you may be required to interface with senior Government and industry officials.

These are onsite positions based in the Defense Health Agency's Falls Church, VA, San Antonio, TX and San Diego, CA locations.

Responsibilities

In this role you may be expected to:

• Utilize knowledge of and experience in procurement principles, laws, regulations, and practices, decisions of the Comptroller General, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, Court of Federal Claims plus other applicable Federal Courts, and OMB Circulars to research and compile information for use in assisting in determining the adequacy of acquisition procedures in support of DHACA Procurement Policy team.
• Formulate planning alternatives for implementation of changes in law, regulation and policy directives of higher authority and identifying recommended changes.
• Perform analysis and evaluation of contracts, contracting actions, and supporting documentation for the purpose of initiating and developing contracting policies, procedures, and guidance material; and provide technical advice and recommendations to management officials, contracting officers, and other contract and technical support personnel.
• Provide administrative support including typing, filing, report distribution, data entry, and preparation of presentations, meeting scheduling and other administrative duties as assigned.
• Maintain suspense lists for contract administration activities, coordinate funding, acceptance, and payment actions with other organizations, and perform other contract administration support functions as needed. 
• Provide expert technical advice, staff coordination and consultation to foster formulating guidelines, implementing new developments, and providing expert interpretation.
• Communicate procedures and processes to management, co-workers, customers, and stakeholders and provide guidance on pertinent changes to business functions and operations.
• Plan and organize to systematically coordinate, track, and complete workflow in accordance with the unique procedures and guidelines of Procurement Management Program.
• Prepare, track, monitor and analyze contract data and provide information in a clear concise report, as required by the procurement directive (PD).
• Run reports, analyze, and collect data for quarterly, monthly, and annual reviews.

Required Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years of Federal procurement experience in the GS-1102 series or equivalent capacity as a contract specialist/administrator or procurement analyst.
• 10 years of experience with DoD procurement and understanding of federal and DoD contracting principles, such as FARS/DFARS, DoD Directives and Instructions, laws, regulations, and procedures.
• Must be a US Citizen and eligible to obtain a Secret security clearance.
• 3 years of experience using various methods of fact-finding, analysis, and resolution of complex problems, and the ability to assist in development of concrete action plans to solve problems.

Education:

• A bachelor’s degree with a major in any of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization.

Computer Skills:

• Proficient in the use of the Microsoft suite of applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Project as well as with Adobe Acrobat.