Senior Buyer

Barber-Nichols•Arvada, CO

14d•Onsite

About The Position

Barber-Nichols (BN) is a premier provider of custom turbomachinery solutions serving the Defense, Aerospace, Cryogenics, and Energy industries. Our team consists of industry leaders who collaborate closely with equally accomplished customers to deliver technologies that advance their markets and establish enduring partnerships. At BN, we foster a results-driven environment that values professional growth, rewards achievement, and supports innovation. From designing the blower for NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan to engineering critical components for the U.S. Navy’s MK-48 program, BN’s portfolio spans some of the most exciting and impactful projects in the world. For those seeking to contribute to impactful projects alongside a highly skilled team, BN offers an exceptional place to build your career. The Senior Buyer reviews, coordinates and processes all purchase requisitions for raw materials, goods, and services, negotiates price/delivery, and issues purchase orders (PO). The ability to identify and work within budgetary and scheduling requirements is critical to success. Also responsible for complex, multi-year, large order placement with variable schedule requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain or similar, and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum ten years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.
Must be willing to work overtime as required.
Travel up to 10% of working time.
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, project management, enterprise resource planning, database, and specialized engineering application software.
Maintain a collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders.
Demonstrates recognition of organization’s requirements for the highest quality product with the most efficient utilization of labor and materials: consistently achieves schedule goals; displays initiative, focus, and sense of urgency; demonstrates flexibility in discharging multiple/changing priorities.
Ability and willingness to abide by set policies and/or safety programs established by BNI, our clients, and/or regulatory agencies which govern our performance and behavior in the normal course of our work while on BNI or the client’s property or job site.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
Obtains support and cooperation from others and reciprocates; demonstrates positive behaviors, displaying tact, respect, and understanding when dealing with others; proactively engages and confronts issues to achieve continual improvement.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
High attention to detail.
Ability to successfully plan and implement objectives within established timelines and work schedules.
Ability to analyze problems and develop effective solutions at both strategic and functional levels.
Demonstrate behavior consistent with company values.
Ability to work independently, with minimal direction as a highly motivated self-starter and within a team oriented culture.
Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e., current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1157-1158.

Nice To Haves

MRP/ERP experience desired; Epicor Kinetic experience preferred.
ISO/AS quality system experience desired.

Responsibilities

Understand outside machining requirements, including the ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications, and appropriately facilitate communication between Production Control, Engineering, and suppliers.
Process organization’s purchase requisitions, develop procurement solicitations, negotiate price and delivery, and issue purchase orders.
Provide quotation/pricing support to sales department.
Provide periodic status and expediting to critical orders.
Process material orders and equipment requirements.
Process material requisitions, Purchase Orders, PO confirmations and change orders.
Update PO pricing and delivery dates.
Review material cost and purchase price variance status reports.
Meet deadlines for PO’s, quotes, submittals and delivery dates.
Review and approve pricing, terms, freight, etc.
Prepare all aspects of procurement solicitations, including terms and conditions, customer contract flow down requirements, scope of work, and other requirements to facilitate acquisition of raw materials, goods, and services.
Review and negotiate quoted material packages.
Understand units of measure and determine how to buy per the appropriate unit of measure.
Review material package and subcontract review for the scope of work.
Provide product and pricing updates to project teams, estimating and engineering.
Administer return authorizations for discrepant materials, goods and services.
Maintain and manage preferred/qualified vendor system, collect/analyze on time delivery and incoming inspection data, and recommend subsequent action.
Maintain supplier certification records in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
Conduct vendor surveys and participate in on-site supplier audits.
Conduct pricing comparisons and create selection criteria for suppliers.
Review vendor performance to ensure company needs are being met.
Generate appropriate reports and analysis to facilitate continual improvement and development of supplier base.
Develop new relationships and maintain existing relationships with vendors.
Utilize the ERP system’s built-in demand generation tool to maintain appropriate stock levels.
Responsible for process improvement and compliance.
Review product and service offerings in order to drive cost reductions.
Research and source new products and services.
Support the control of externally provided processes, products, and services for ISO 9001:2015.
Effectively communicate complex government contractual flow downs.