Program Director, Pricing Support
NIB is currently seeking an experienced Program Director, Pricing Support person for our Contract Administration and Pricing Support (CAPS) department at our headquarters in Alexandria, VA. This is a hybrid position requiring on site work in Alexandria three days per week. This is an exempt position with an annual salary of $92100 to 110,000 paid bi-weekly.
Statement of Purpose:
To maintain and expand employment opportunities for people who are blind by assisting NIB affiliated nonprofit agencies in the development, analysis, and negotiation of prices for products and services with government and private sector customers while ensuring compliance with the FAR, DFARS, U.S. AbilityOne Commission policies and procedures, Cooperative Agreement requirements, and other Federal statutory and regulatory requirements.
Experience:
- 5 years experience in contract administration, pricing, accounting and/or finance.
- Experience managing/supervising subordinates (3 or more) desirable.
Education:
- An undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited college or university (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration preferred). An equivalent combination of education and experience may also be acceptable.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervise the Pricing Support team, including managing workload distribution, prioritization of team activities, maintenance of logs and reports, quality assurance, and other activities and functions associated with developing, analyzing, proposing, supporting, and negotiating prices for new and existing products and services.
- Execute required actions to maintain the AbilityOne Procurement List IAW US AbilityOne Commission policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
- Understand various contract types (Firm Fixed Price, Time & Materials, GSA Schedule, Blanket Purchasing Agreement, Basic Ordering Agreement, Purchase Order and Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity) and their applicability and functions.
- Coordinate with other internal and external stakeholders (NIB departments, customers, non-profit agencies, Source America, and the U.S. AbilityOne Commission) on pricing actions (new and existing products and services, economic and equitable price adjustments) and subsequent negotiations to include capture of required cost and supporting documentation, review, analysis and assessment of price reasonableness, and compliance with all statutory, regulatory, policy and procedural requirements.
- Perform market research, analyze historical cost and price trends for same or similar products and services.
- Remain abreast of changes to NIB and U.S. AbilityOne Commission requirements as well as statutory and regulatory changes affecting cost, pricing, and compliance. Ensure resulting changes in process are implemented and documented and appropriate communications and training are executed with associated nonprofit agencies, NIB/CAPS personnel and customers.
- Review team processes and revise as needed to optimize team productivity, accuracy, and compliance with statutory, regulatory and AbilityOne requirements.
- Become knowledgeable of, revise as needed and perform quality assurance steps to ensure compliance and Cooperative Agreement QASP requirements are met and exceeded.
- Provide training and coaching to CAPS personnel on internal Work Instructions and processes, US AbilityOne Commission policies and procedures, NIB policies and statutory, regulatory and compliance related requirements.
- Develop, revise and implement/conduct training and instructions (presentations and documentation) to educate associated nonprofit agencies, NIB personnel and customers on program requirements that must be met to foster successful outcomes.
- Be proficient utilizing NIB’s Oracle ERP system in the performance of assigned duties as required, including, but not limited to, researching contract information and Master Price List maintenance.
- Ensure reports are prepared and distributed in a timely manner – dossier, APC, internal/external IS accuracy, team workload, quarterly price files (e-Commerce, BSC, Quarterly Commercial Distributor), and price list control plan.
- Work in cross functional teams with external and internal stakeholders on special projects as assigned.
- Perform research and provide data in a timely manner as required responding to information requests from management and/or the US AbilityOne Commission and developing periodic reports.
- Attend weekly staff meetings, internal trainings, and conference calls as directed.
- Demonstrate good customer service skills when engaging internal and external stakeholders.
- Lead key initiatives and projects as assigned.
- Pursue professional development and continuing education opportunities in addition to established NIB training that conforms to the NCMA Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Guide.
This job description does not imply that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The incumbent in this position will perform such other tasks as may be required for the effective operation of the Division/Department upon the request by his/her supervisor.
NIB IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER
NIB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.