Buyer, Manufacturing ​/ Production

Position: Buyer I-2 (Contract)
Location: Leavenworth

Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for a Buyer 1-2 (2-3 month Contract) at our Lynnwood, WA location.

Hours are Monday - Friday 7:00am-3:30pm.

About Crane:

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You'll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Located in the epicenter of United States aviation manufacturing, our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Lynnwood, Wash., facility delivers industry-leading aerospace & defense power and fluid solutions. Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft and innovative enough to be featured on Eviation's Alice all-electric aircraft. You'll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains.

Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!

Job Summary:

The Buyer 1-2 is responsible for managing all aspects of purchasing components from suppliers in order to assure timely delivery of parts to support production needs. In addition, the Buyer 1-2 is the communication and logistics link between Value Streams, Supervisors, Marketing, Master Schedulers, and Purchasing.

Essential Functions:

• Perform material requirements planning through high interaction/coordination with manufacturing personnel and external suppliers to support the Value Stream

• Communicate priorities and schedule changes to Outside Processing Suppliers on a daily basis to support changes in production requirements

• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with suppliers;
Communicate common supplier problems with Leadership, Procurement Specialists and other Buyers

• Develop, own, and drive an inventory action plan to maintain proper inventory levels and achieve turns goals of key production components

• Train the value stream support personnel and facilitate the upgrade to a pull-based replenishment system (Kanban) to improve inventory turns and eliminate part shortages

• Monitor supplier orders to assure they are shipped on a timely basis to support the Value Stream

• Improve supplier fill rates, quality, and lead times to fit product mix and needs.

• Obtain quotes from suppliers for production material and Outside Processing operations

• Negotiate blanket purchase orders and pursue cost reduction initiatives that eliminate adverse Purchase Price Index (PPI)

• Interact with sourcing teams to ensure best practices and greatest leverage in procurement, low cost region sourcing, supplier assessment & management

• Publish daily shortage report to communicate current delivery information from suppliers

• Resolve invoice discrepancies on a timely basis

• Manage supplier quality through the Non-Conforming Report (NCR) Process;
Minimize production impact by ensuring discrepant materials are addressed with Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement Quality, Supervisors and Suppliers

• Work closely with suppliers and Procurement Quality Engineers to resolve Corrective Action Requests (CARs) generated from NCRs

• Obtain Return Merchandise Authorizaton (RMA), and process return transactions in Oracle (ERP System);
Follow Debit Memo process for supplier rework of discrepant materials

• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management

Minimum Qualifications:

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Experience:

0-2 years of experience buying in a similar industry or demonstrated knowledge of supply chain function through work experience or school

• Knowledge:
In-depth knowledge of the manufacturing process used in the operating unit of assignment;
Working knowledge of buying and ordering procedures;
Working knowledge of production planning, material requirements planning and Kanban systems;
Working knowledge of computer systems that support production, e.g., inventory control, purchasing, production scheduling and Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)

• Skills/Abilities:
Well-developed skill in communicating with others;
Proficiency in MS…