Contract/Procurement Professional Level II

McBride has an exciting opportunity to support Allied Command Transformation (ACT) which is NATO’s leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are: providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; improving relationships, interaction and practical cooperation with partners, nations and international organizations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

You will be responsible for the following:

• Contribute and support the Contracting Officer in the cradle to grave procurement activities to include but not limited to: the development of acquisition plans, SOW review, proposal evaluation, contract reports and documentation, industry debriefs for competitive solicitations.
  
• Tracking and validating submissions in support of RFIs.
  
• Coordinating and posting Questions & Answers from Industry.
  
• Assisting the Contracting Officer in tracking and executing contracts and agreements for Conferences, Workshops, and other events.
  
• Perform as contracting specialist for purchases <40K, seeking quotes and formalizing purchase orders as required in coordination with the Contracting Officer.
  
• Perform contract administration tasks including, preparing DBIDs instructions, VISA letters, issuing contract amendments.
  
• Create purchase orders in support of contracts awarded while ensuring all supporting documents are collected and filed in accordance with the Contract File Management Plan.
  
• Prepare and coordinate requests for deviation from the normal method of procurement when appropriate.
  
• Maintain Contractor Databases to support invoicing, tracking, exercising option periods and other data calls.
  
• Process invoices and close-out for all assigned contracts in coordination with the Contracting Officer.
  
• Contribute to and support the Contracting Officer in processing cases of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Acquisition Cross-Servicing Agreements (ACSA).
  
• Assist the Contracting Officer with National Security Investment Program (NSIP) data entry and contract execution of authorized projects.
  
• Assist the Contracting Officer with annual reviews of current in place contracts to confirm currency and continuation.
  
• Enter procurement information into the CIRIS database as required.
  
• Perform additional procurement related tasks as directed by the COTR.
  

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years’ demonstrable experience working in procurement and/or contracting conducting a full range of contracting activities.
  
• Minimum 2 years' demonstrable experience working pre-award, award, post-award phases on competitively awarded contracts interpreting and applying statutes, regulations, policies and procedures.
  
• Demonstrated understanding of Statement of Work (SOW) development and ability to translate user requirements into tangible, measurable outcomes.
  
• Demonstrated experience working closely with cross-functional teams and facilitating collaboration across technical, financial, and operational domains.
  
• Demonstrated experience with contract administration and management.
  
• Demonstrated ability to interpret complex procurement requirements into actionable timelines, strategies and execution.
  
• Excellent tactful written and oral communication skills.
  
• Fluent in English (written and oral).