Procurement Representative Associate - E1
Lexington, KYFull-time$45–83K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Procurement Representative Associate sources, negotiates, and purchases materials, equipment, parts, services, and supplies. The role analyzes purchasing feasibility and price objectives, monitors supplier performance, and evaluates opportunities to leverage acquisitions. It also reviews proposals, selects or recommends suppliers, follows up on orders, verifies delivery, approves payment, and maintains records; it may prepare requests for proposals and bid packages.
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Full job description
Standard Job Description
Sources, negotiates and purchases machinery, equipment, tools, raw material, packaging materials, parts, services, and/or supplies necessary for operation of an organization. Compiles and analyzes statistical data to determine feasibility of buying products and to establish price objectives. Monitors performance of suppliers. Compiles information to keep informed on price trends and manufacturing processes. Evaluates areas of opportunity to leverage material acquisitions. Tracks data to keep informed on price trends and manufacturing processes. Negotiates with suppliers and analyzes suppliers' operations to determine factors that affect prices and to determine lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules. Reviews proposals, negotiates prices, selects or recommends suppliers, analyzes trends, follows up orders placed, verifies delivery, approves payment, and maintains necessary records. May prepare request for proposals (RFP) and bid packages.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Business Adminstration, Supply Chain, or related discipline.
Advanced computer skills, to include Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and OneNote.
Excellent written and communication skills.
Ability to interact with all levels of the organization, including internal/external Customers and senior level management.
Ability to work without appreciable direction.
Desired Skills
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $44500.00 - $82700.00
At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.
The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
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Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
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For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,240 open Procurement jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$45–83K/yr
- Kentucky median$67–115K/yr26 salary ranges
- US median$96–148K/yr2,970 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $64K, is 31% below the Kentucky median midpoint ($92K) — in the lowest quarter of Procurement salary ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 58 open Procurement jobs in Kentucky and 5,240 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Parker Hannifin Corporation6 open
- Lockheed Martin (this employer)5 open
- Commonwealth of Kentucky4 open
- Experience
- Procurement postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (4,077 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,397 of the 5,240 open Procurement jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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