Sr. Buyer - Aerospace Manufacturing

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Sr. Buyer is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, and coordinating freight and returns for a wide variety of aerospace components, raw materials, and tooling in the most cost-effective manner. The Buyer holds suppliers accountable to quality standards, on-time delivery, and cost containment.

What you will be doing:

• Evaluate Quotations and place Purchase Orders to suppliers and subcontractors for products and services in a timely manner
• Responsible for proactively tracking critical orders and follow-up on Open Orders
• Perform Expediting as needed and manage existing orders
• Work with Planners to efficiently place or modify PO's to meet project schedule demands
• Submit RFQ’s to support bids and projects for Sales and Marketing, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Maintenance
• Reconcile and rectify all non-conformances with suppliers while maintaining original due dates or acceptable recovery dates
• Ensure all product documentation is reviewed and accurate
• Accurately manage cost data and vendor capacity to give best recommendations for supplier selection

What you need to qualify:

• 5+ years' experience as a Buyer in the Aerospace Industry
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferred
• CPIM, preferred but not required
• Strong Negotiation skills to reduce costs and delivery times with suppliers
• Ability to perform multiple tasks while under pressure to meet customer requirements
• Ability to read and interpret GD&T engineering drawings desired
• Proficient with MRP and have a good understanding of BoM’s
• Knowledge of Supply Chain Management Concepts
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in MS Office Excel, Word, and Access
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Action and results oriented
• Open and honest communicator

DISCLAIMER : The compensation range represents a good faith estimate of what our client may pay for the position at the time of posting. Our client may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate’s gender or any other protected status.

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