Buyer

Coastal Machine & Supply, Inc. • Carencro, LA

5d • $62,000 - $72,000

About The Position

Coastal Machine & Supply is an AS9100-certified, DDTC-registered precision contract manufacturer specializing in large, complex turning and 5-axis milling. We build parts for the Defense, Space, and Oil & Gas industries — the kind of work where the material is expensive, the tolerances are tight, and the delivery date matters.

We are hiring our first dedicated Buyer. Today, purchasing at Coastal is handled across several functions. We are consolidating it into one seat, and the person who takes it will own it — raw material, outside processing, supplier relationships, and the cost performance that comes with them. This is not a role where you execute purchase orders someone else negotiated. You will analyze what we buy, decide where to buy it, negotiate what we pay for it, and be accountable for the result.

If you are a buyer who has spent your career executing inside someone else's process, this is a chance to build one.

Requirements

• Three or more years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment, with direct responsibility for raw material and/or outside processing
• Working proficiency in an ERP or MRP system
• A verifiable track record of supplier negotiation and documented cost reduction
• Real discipline around procurement documentation and records
• U.S. Person status, required for access to export-controlled information

Nice To Haves

• Purchasing experience in an AS9100, ISO 9001, or other regulated quality environment
• Experience buying large-diameter bar, plate, forgings, or castings, including mill-direct sourcing
• Experience buying outside processing, including accredited special-process sources
• Familiarity with mill test reports and material traceability requirements
• Aerospace, defense, space, or oil & gas background
• CPSM, CPP, or equivalent certification
• ProShop or comparable manufacturing ERP experience

Responsibilities

• Material and outside processing procurement. End-to-end responsibility from released order to delivered, conforming material. Bar, plate, forgings, and castings, plus the outside processing that goes with them — heat treat, NDT, plating, coating, and specialty finishing.
• Cost performance. Every released order is an opportunity to resource or renegotiate. You will own the difference between what a job was quoted at and what it actually cost to buy, and you will feed what you learn back into how we quote.
• The supply base. You will build and own our approved supplier list, develop sources for large-diameter and long-lead material, qualify new suppliers, track supplier performance, and drive corrective action when performance slips.
• Purchase order compliance. Our customers flow requirements down to us, and we flow them down to our suppliers. You will make sure every purchase order carries what it needs — certifications, traceability, testing, and regulatory requirements — before it goes out, not after.
• Delivery. You will know where every open order stands and escalate a problem before it becomes a late shipment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed