Buyer​/Planner

What are your contributions to the team?

• Ensure the timely acquisition of parts and materials needed to service customer aircraft by planning and forecasting part and.where materials requirements and coordinating acquisition with internal and external suppliers and materials personnel
• You will locate and initiate the purchase of materials, tools and components via communication with internal and external sources and suppliers
• You will expedite status of external and internal parts orders and purchase orders via communication with suppliers and inter‑company operations
• You will identify and schedule critical paths and assign priorities
• You will attend meetings representing the department
• You will interface with Supervisors and Managers or other departments on critical material problems
• You will maintain shortage reports to track orders and communicate status to management protegerli>
• You will create and issue internal orders and other applicable documents to meet parts and materials requirements
• You will provide information to adjust discrepant orders/exception messages and cancel line items not received or returned to stock as needed
• You will create new part numbers for site‑specific parts used and send part number requests to internal suppliers
• You will maintain accurate inventory of transactions using computerized inventory and manual filing systems
• You will order and/or reorder materials, tools, and ground support equipment with regard to aircraft delivery schedules as required
• You will identify alternate and superseded part numbers

• You would typically have 5 years of experience in aviation or material/parts environment or other demonstrated equivalent experience
• You have training or equivalent experience with an MRP system
• You have planning and organizational skills necessary to prioritize and coordinate workload within a multiple project setting
• You have interpersonal skills necessary to develop and maintain effective working relationships with sales team, owners, outside counsel, kå other departments
• You are proficient with Microsoft Office
• You would typically have 1‑year experience in inventory planning and procurement (preferred)
• You would typically have 2 or more years experience in inventory forecasting and analysis (preferred)
• You have an APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) certification (preferred)
• You have a bachelor’s degree in Purchasing, Business, Inventory Management or related area (preferred)

Nearest Major[a1] Market:
Dallas

Nearest Secondary Market: Fort Worth