Sr. Associate, Procurement

L3Harris•Rochester, NY

13d•Onsite

About The Position

This Tactical Procurement Buyer position is primarily responsible for executing buying activities to support the MCC division. The role involves issuing RFQs, evaluating bids, selecting suppliers, and placing Purchase Orders (POs). Key responsibilities include negotiating price, delivery, and service, and managing both low and high dollar procurements while maintaining procurement systems. The associate will use Oracle EBS/ASCP daily for planning needs analysis, order updates, PO creation, and adding line items. They will also respond to manufacturing operations schedule changes by expediting POs to meet operation 'need dates' through supplier collaboration, and by canceling/de-expediting POs to manage inventory levels and cash flow. The role supports Blanket Purchase Order awards and inventory programs, maintains standard costs, and manages day-to-day supplier relationships. Additionally, the associate will facilitate weekly flawless execution conference calls with suppliers, disposition RDNs (Rejection and Disposition Notifications) in a timely manner, manage engineering change notifications, and negotiate with suppliers regarding rejections, returns, over-shipments, cancellations, and engineering changes. The position involves participation in Supply Chain Commodity Teams to evaluate and rate suppliers based on production capability, performance, and delivery, and ensuring supplier compliance via an internet supplier portal (eXpo PO tracking). The associate will monitor critical shortages daily, negotiate premium requests from suppliers with Planning, and assist with account payable invoice reconciliation. Finally, the role is responsible for item part data attribute accuracy, including LT updates, min/mult updates, and sending data steward requests.

Requirements

Requires practical knowledge of job area.
Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience.
In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.

Nice To Haves

Excels in a team environment - developing relationships and sharing knowledge.
Experience engaging with suppliers and analyzing suppliers' operations to determine factors that affect prices and determines lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules.
MRP Experience, Agile configuration.
Cost analysis and negotiation experience.

Responsibilities

Issue RFQs, evaluate bids, select suppliers, and place PO’s.
Negotiate price, delivery and service.
Responsible for low/high dollar procurements and tactical maintenance of all procurement systems.
Use Oracle EBS/ASCP daily to analyze planning needs, update orders, create new PO’s and add line items.
Respond to mfg. operations schedule changes - expedite Purchase Orders to meet operation ‘need dates’ by working with the suppliers to support unexpected demands.
Cancel and Deexpedite PO’s to best manage inventory levels and impact cash flow position.
Support Blanket Purchase Order awards (contracts) & inventory programs.
Maintain / Set standard cost.
Manage day to day supplier relationship management.
Facilitate and lead weekly flawless execution conference calls with suppliers.
Disposition RDNs (Rejection and Disposition Notification) in a timely manner.
Manage engineering (revision) change notifications.
Negotiates with suppliers regarding rejections, return of materials, over-shipments, cancellations and engineering changes.
Participant on a Supply Chain Commodity Team – teams that evaluate and rate our suppliers, relative to production capability, performance and delivery.
Ensure supplier compliance via an internet supplier portal (eXpo PO tracking).
Monitor critical shortages daily and negotiate the premium requests from suppliers with Planning.
Assist with account payable invoice reconciliation.
Responsible for item part data attribute accuracy - LT updates, min/mult updates and sending data steward requests.