Principal Buyer

Overview

CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense is focused on the design, development, and manufacture of specialty fluid and motion control products for demanding aerospace and defense applications. CIRCOR products are flying on most commercial and military aircraft, including single and twin aisle air transport, business and regional jets, military transports and fighters, and commercial and military rotorcraft. Other markets include unmanned aircraft, shipboard applications, and military ground vehicles.

Business units are in Corona, California;
Warren, Massachusetts;
Hauppauge, New York;
Paris, France;
Uxbridge, UK; and Tangier, Morocco. Parent company CIRCOR International is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts and CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense is headquartered in Corona, California.

• Identifies and requisitions MRP inventory and non-MRP inventory requirements to meet production planning and sales requirements for assigned commodities.
• Assists in purchase order acknowledgments (contract acceptance) with suppliers and updates MRP system.
• Assists in purchase order placement (contract offers) with suppliers.
• Manages open purchase order report to resolve late and partial shipments with suppliers and updates MRP system.
• Processes purchase order revision requests in MRP system and communicates with suppliers.
• Manages incoming shipment discrepancies with Receiving and/or suppliers.
• Resolves invoice discrepancies with Finance and/or suppliers.
• Authorizes procurement of inventory, tooling, and MRO items within established signature authority guidelines.
• Ensures and maintains MRP system data integrity for supplier data including unit price, delivered lead-time, and EOQ.
• Identifies and eliminates non-value added department activities.
• Files and maintains purchase order packages data integrity (purchase order, acknowledgement, requisition).
• Assists with preparation of request for proposal packages including drawings.
• Distributes request for proposal packages and manages due dates with suppliers.
• Resolves or notifies Purchasing Manager to any situation impeding production workflow.
• All other duties and tasks as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Understanding of overall materials flow and other functions linked to the Supply Chain.
• Price negotiation, price analysis, supplier selection.
• ERP knowledge:
  Vantage preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of inventory management concepts.
• High ethical standards. Models and supports organization’s goals and values; adapts to changing conditions; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize, balance, and manage multiple efforts with strong results/goal orientation.
• Uses time effectively, prioritizes and organizes work flow; can orchestrate multiple activities at once.
• Agility and personal adaptability with the ability to successfully management multiple priorities with a high sense of urgency in a rapidly changing environment.
• Solid analytical skills and solution-driven thinking; collects and researches data; uses intuition and experience to complement data; makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; develops alternative solutions; works well in a group problem situation; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others’ attention; displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgement; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in the decision-making process.
• Displays original thinking and creativity; meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work.
• Enjoys working hard; is action-oriented and full of energy; enjoys challenges; drives for results; versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm.
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to convey information and ideas in a variety of media, tactful, confident, at all levels, internal and external.
• Ability to provide cross-functional and…