Sr. Buyer

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Sr. Buyer, you will be responsible for activities involved with procuring, tracking, and expediting goods and services such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts and supplies at a competitive price, delivery, and quality via the issuance of a purchase order and management of the supplier relationships.

The Sr. Buyer will work from our Phoenix-Mesa AZ office 4x per week.

• Evaluate and help develop purchasing process from creation of RFQ, to award of procurement and creation of purchase order to receipt of goods.
• Negotiate key and strategic supplier performance to achieve best value and schedule to support Corporate programs.
• Provide procurement support of AOG and expedite requests.
• Work with Commodity Management team to Issue purchase orders in accordance with contracts and supplier agreements.
• Develop and maintain relationships with vendors and suppliers.
• Develop and manage performance metrics including on-time delivery, quality ratings and purchase price justifications.
• Monitor Purchase Order schedules for adherence to the plan.
• Coordinate and assist in determining materials and equipment schedules to support production.
• Take a leading role to resolve procurement situations affecting scheduled PO receipts.

• 5+ years experience in Procurement with an understanding of ERP / MRP demand management systems (Oracle preferred).
• Experience with procurement negotiation strategies / practices / methodology for COTS and Build-To-Print components.
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to travel 5-10% depending on business needs and engage with suppliers.
• Energetic, passionate and organized team member ready to support complex factory procurement activities.
• Able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and thrive in a complex product development environment with multiple priorities as well as a disciplined production setting
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
• Team player with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Understanding of Product Lifecycle Management, Configuration Management, Configuration Control, NPI and production control.

• Understanding of Aerospace requirements, drawings, specifications, and processes
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or a combination of education and work experience, preference given to supply chain or engineering degrees
• CPIM
• PMP Certification a plus

The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $81,–$124, The base pay actually offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, location, and experience and take into account internal equity. Other forms of pay (, bonus or long term incentive) may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the position offered.

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