Buyer

Title: Buyer

Pay Range: $32/hr

Employment Type: Contract

Location: Elma, NY

Shift: M-F, 1st shift

Job Code: JPC-12670

Tekberry is looking for a reliable Buyer to work on-site with our client, a world-wide leader of advanced flight controls and actuation for commercial and military aircraft.

This role is the primary point of contact responsible for the holistic end-to-end management of assigned suppliers in the EA MMA organization.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for end-to-end surveillance, monitoring, managing and development of effective supplier relationships to achieve business requirements.
• Daily/weekly supplier management and conversion of demand signals into Compliant Purchase Orders, in accordance with contractual terms and conditions and in alignment with the client systems and processes.
• Responsible for developing and managing effective supplier relationships to achieve the business requirements.
• Provides effective purchase order management to ensure current and verified delivery information is reflected using standard systems and processes
• Builds an effective cadence with assigned suppliers to support needed expedites and reschedules, when necessary, expedites supplier deliveries to achieve site operational requirements.
• Evaluation of supplier performance including the identification and mitigation of risks
• Drives root cause investigations and corrective actions to achieve continuous supplier improvement
• Operate with urgency and be proactive when it comes to operational issues and ensure continuity of supply from assigned suppliers
• Ensures the effective and timely closure of root cause and corrective actions.
• Leads problem solving activities to resolve issue affecting supplier relationships and supply chain performance.
• Support and potentially lead supplier performance recovery & improvement activities.
• Provides support for supplier selection and supplier development
• Identification and pursuit of quality, cost, delivery, and lead time improvements.
• Requires strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to understand and lead complex supply chain requirements.
• Required to effectively communicate both internally and externally with customers and suppliers
• Occasional travel may be required to visit client sites or Suppliers. Approximately 15%.

Basic Requirements :

• A Bachelor's degree level education, preferred in the fields of engineering, supply chain, or Business.
• Up to 5 years of progressive experience (usually post education) in the field of manufacturing or engineering (preferably Aerospace).
• Good communication/organizational skills and be able to demonstrate an ability to understand complex regulations/procedures.
• Ability to deal with a variety of tasks at any one time and understand the priorities.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Ability to relocate to the Western New York Area, on-site role however flexible/hybrid schedule may be considered.

Preferred qualifications:

• Certification in Purchasing, Supply Chain or Program Management.
• APICS or other industry standard certifications are a plus
• An engineering or technical background is preferable.

Tekberry Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.

Tekberry, Inc is a Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE).

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