Procurement Manager – Strategic Sourcing

Job Description

Procurement Manager | Peraton

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Peraton. Peraton is a next-generation national security company that builds trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect the nation and allies, serving as a leading mission capability integrator and enterprise IT provider across all domains. This Procurement Manager role is critical as it serves as the strategic sourcing and purchasing leader for both the Defense and Health, State & Local Sectors, directly enabling program success and new business growth. The role focuses on driving supplier value, cost savings, risk mitigation, and compliance with federal procurement standards while advancing enterprise-wide sourcing excellence.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Remote/Hybrid (supports a geographically dispersed environment)
• Pay: $104000–$166000 yearly
• Team: Manages the purchasing team supporting the Defense and Health, State & Local Sectors; partners with Sector leadership and Corporate Procurement.
• Mission: Owns strategic sourcing, purchasing, and procurement planning to ensure supply continuity, drive value, and enable growth across Peraton’s Defense and Health, State & Local Sectors.
• Tech Stack: Costpoint, Ivalua, data analytics tools, Microsoft Office Suite

What You’ll Actually Do
• Lead Teams: Lead and manage the purchasing team supporting the Defense and Health, State & Local Sectors, providing direction, coaching, workload balancing, and professional development to ensure consistent, high-quality procurement execution.
• Plan Procurement: Own forecasting and procurement planning across multiple programs and pipeline pursuits, anticipating demand, aligning buying activity with program schedules and funding cycles, and ensuring supply continuity for current and future work.
• Drive Growth: Serve as the primary strategic sourcing lead for both Sectors, partnering with leadership and Corporate Procurement to translate business demand and growth priorities into sourcing strategies, including shaping supplier/teaming strategy for new pursuits.
• Manage Partnerships: Negotiate contracts and agreements with suppliers, lead cross-functional teams to establish strategic partnerships, and manage supplier performance while ensuring compliance with federal procurement policies and achieving optimal terms.
• Optimize Processes: Drive continuous improvement initiatives in sourcing and purchasing, leveraging data analytics and technology to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, and contribute to enterprise-wide strategic supply chain strategies for consistent execution and scalability.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Manager level, with 10+ years of experience in business management, supply chain, or related fields.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years in sourcing or procurement, preferably in the IT and technology sectors. Requires experience leading or managing a purchasing/procurement team, demonstrated experience with demand forecasting and procurement planning for multiple concurrent programs, and experience supporting business growth from a procurement perspective, including shaping supplier/teaming strategy. Strong understanding of federal government operations, procurement regulations, and compliance requirements is essential. Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Skills: Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, proven negotiation and relationship management capabilities, strong project management, effective communication, and change management.
• Bonus: Experience using artificial intelligence (AI) to support automation, sourcing activities, market intelligence, supplier management, or procurement decision-making is preferred. Familiarity with the Defense and/or Health, State & Local customer environments is also preferred.