Lead Procurement Buyer

Honeywell•San Jose, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

In this role, you will impact the overall supply chain efficiency and cost management, helping to deliver innovative solutions that meet customer demands and enhance product quality.

Responsibilities

Plans for and procures materials necessary to meet manufacturing build requirements for one or several product lines.
Requests and analyzes quotes to ensure reasonable price, and that specifications are met.
Initiates purchases and contracts driven through the MRP process.
Reviews forecasted requirements and assess when to execute orders based on multiple factors.
Negotiates critical, complex, awards in accordance with Company and Government regulations.
Prepares complete purchase orders and arranges for specifications, material and tooling to be forwarded to suppliers.
Manages cost improvement initiatives and establishes multi-year agreements.
Pulls, pushes, or cancels orders per production plans.
Ensures materials are available to meet manufacturing build requirements.
Matches material infeed and inventory turnover so as not to hold too high a percentage of inventory at any given time.
Investigates and resolves issues with receiving, invoices or suppliers.
Address, return and receive credit for defective materials.
Interfaces with technical and management personnel, regarding changes in material, quantity, quality or delivery schedules.