Procurement Specialist, Early Career - Government

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

Our team works on complicated electronic communication equipment for domestic and allied military forces. Our buyers are responsible for all levels of procurement activity, ranging from the purchasing of COTS items up to complex, tested box assemblies which are built at contract manufactures. The backbone technology for this equipment provides a safer battlefield environment, intended to prevent fratricide and to provide faster air support to our ground troops.

As a member of our team, you will be expected to have complete ownership over the supplier facing relationship for your assigned programs. We are program-based (verses commodity-based) so you will learn all different commodities ranging from electronics components to cable manufacturing, to metal machining. You will also be expected to communicate and present to senior leadership.

Your responsibilities will include purchasing of material required to support your assigned programs. This will include negotiations of long-term agreements. Our ideal candidate takes extreme accountability and ownership, is a self-starter, strategic thinker, and has a drive to improve against the status quo.

As a Viasat Procurement Specialist, you will work closely with external suppliers and internal cross-functional partners in Supply Chain, Program Management, Engineering, Legal, Finance and more to ensure the achievement of pivotal initiatives on critical Government program(s).

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