Senior Buyer

Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.

Regal Rexnord Corporation ("Regal Rexnord") is a leading manufacturer of electric motors, electrical motion controls, power generation and mechanical power transmission products and sub-systems, serving customers around the world in the general industrial, consumer, commercial construction, food & beverage, and alternative energy end markets, among others. Regal Rexnord sells its products and solutions to OEMs, through distributors, and directly to end-users. Regal Rexnord has become a $7.3B company with 36,000 associates globally.

Scope of role

DELEVAN is an electronics manufacturer of Inductors, Radio Frequency coils, chokes, transformers, and resolvers with a strong brand for over 75 years, and the only manufacturer in the world with Mil-PRF-39010 Level 'S' accreditation. Global supplier of frameless, framed, and tandem resolvers to automation, commercial, industrial, and aerospace and defense industries. We form part of Regal Rexnord Corporation (NASDAQ: RRX) portfolio of product offerings, under the Operating Company of Linear Motion.

The Senior Procurement Buyer plays a critical leadership role in sourcing, planning, and procuring materials, components, and services essential for high-precision aerospace, defense, and electronics manufacturing. This role ensures alignment between procurement strategy, production requirements, regulatory compliance, supplier performance, and business goals. The position requires a proactive, analytical, and strategic mindset, with a focus on reliability, quality, cost optimization, and risk mitigation within a highly regulated environment. The role will provide support to sustain existing operations and develop new products for the site.


Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that support aerospace, defense, and electronics manufacturing operations.
• Lead supplier selection, qualification, negotiations, and performance management, including suppliers supporting ITAR, DFARS, and AS9100 requirements.
• Place and manage purchase orders, confirm deliveries, expedite materials, and maintain supplier relationships to support customer commitments.
• Coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure material availability and production schedule attainment.
• Drive inventory optimization through ERP/MRP best practices, Kanban systems, Lean replenishment strategies, and inventory reduction initiatives.
• Perform market analysis and supplier risk assessments to proactively address supply continuity challenges.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Product Management, Planning, and Customer Service teams to support production readiness and new product introductions.
• Lead supplier performance reviews, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives to improve quality, delivery, and responsiveness.
• Support resolution of supplier quality issues and ensure compliance with company, customer, and industry requirements.
• Analyze and improve key supply chain metrics, including supplier OTD, PPV, inventory turns, and cost savings.
• Identify and lead cost reduction and VAVE initiatives that enhance operational and financial performance.
• Resolve purchasing and supplier-related invoice discrepancies and support monthly planning activities.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business or related field, experience in manufacturing, preferably, planning OR relevant manufacturing experience.
• 5+ years of progressive procurement or supply chain experience in aerospace, defense, or electronics manufacturing.
• Strong technical background, combination of education and work experience.
• Ability to read blueprints, technical specifications, and manufacturing drawings.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP/Kanban systems (Oracle preferred).
• Strong analytic skills, a high degree of Microsoft Excel knowledge is required.
• Good organizational skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated negotiation, analytical, and supplier-development skills.
• Ability to analyze data, form strategic plans and execute at a tactical level.
• Understanding of concepts in a Lean Manufacturing Environment and Kanban Supply Chains.
• Preferred understanding of AS9100, ITAR, DFARS, and other regulatory requirements.
• Self-starter, change agent, and problem solver with a strong sense of urgency.

Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a "U.S. Person", which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.

Physical Demand and Work Environment

Physical Demands - while performing the duties in this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit.

Work Environment - the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

SALARY RANGE:

$90,000-$100,000

Compensation is based on a variety of factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, responsibilities, candidate experience, education, qualifications, and business considerations.

Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a "U.S. Person", which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.

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Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company's electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company's automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company's end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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