Sr Procurement Buyer

Honeywell Aerospace • Urbana, OH

3h • Hybrid

About The Position

The future is what you make it. When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future. As a Senior Procurement Buyer here at Honeywell, you will be responsible for overseeing strategic level suppliers. You will play a pivotal part in ensuring efficient procurement processes, cost-effectiveness, and strategic alignment within the procurement function. You will manage complex procurement projects, and collaborate with various stakeholders to achieve procurement objectives. You will report directly to our site procurement supervisor, and you will work out of our Urbana, OH location on a hybrid 3 day on-site and 2-day remote work schedule. You hold a vital role within our organization due to your elevated expertise. Your strategic acumen in procurement and purchasing is instrumental in steering the organization toward efficient and cost-effective operations. You will maintain and establish robust supplier relationships, directly impacting our financial well-being and quality standards.

Requirements

• Overseeing strategic level suppliers
• Ensuring efficient procurement processes
• Ensuring cost-effectiveness
• Ensuring strategic alignment within the procurement function
• Managing complex procurement projects
• Collaborating with various stakeholders
• Maintaining and establishing robust supplier relationships
• Elevated expertise in procurement and purchasing
• Strategic acumen in procurement and purchasing
• Steering the organization toward efficient and cost-effective operations
• Maintaining reporting for root cause analysis/countermeasure implementation
• Solving complex problems
• Process management and countermeasure implementation through escalation
• Monitoring and controlling procurement costs
• Seeking cost-saving opportunities
• Negotiating favorable terms
• Optimizing resource allocation
• Developing and executing a comprehensive procurement strategy
• Collaborating with department key leaders
• Supporting supply continuity and compliance
• Meeting Key Performance Indicators targets
• Mitigating risk of downtime, supply gaps, and customer impacts
• Quick reaction and countermeasure development
• Fostering and maintaining strategic relationships with suppliers and other stakeholders
• Ensuring a reliable and responsive supply chain
• Addressing concerns and resolving issues
• Ensuring all procurement activities adhere to relevant regulations, compliance standards, and internal policies
• Maintaining accurate and organized records
• Establishing and enforcing quality control standards in procurement processes
• Conducting regular inspections and performance assessments
• Leveraging technology solutions, such as procurement software and analytics
• Enhancing procurement processes, monitoring, and reporting
• Continually developing communication networks, both internal and external
• Ensuring operational success and department awareness
• Working with Suppliers, Quality, Engineering, Fabrication, Spec Ops, Product Offering, and Sales when implementing input changes that will generate changepoints to buyer-controlled suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain reporting for root cause analysis/countermeasure implementation to solve complex problems. Process management and countermeasure implementation through escalation with internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor and control procurement costs, seek cost-saving opportunities, negotiate favorable terms, and optimize resource allocation.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive procurement strategy that aligns with the organization's goals, ensuring cost-effectiveness, quality, and supplier diversity.
• Collaborate with departments key leaders to support supply continuity and compliance to meet Key Performance Indicators targets by mitigating risk of downtime, supply gaps, and customer impacts through quick reaction and countermeasure development.
• Foster and maintain strategic relationships with suppliers and other stakeholders to ensure a reliable and responsive supply chain, addressing concerns and resolving issues.
• Ensure that all procurement activities adhere to relevant regulations, compliance standards, and internal policies, maintaining accurate and organized records.
• Establish and enforce quality control standards in procurement processes, conducting regular inspections and performance assessments that align with our QMS.
• Leverage technology solutions, such as procurement software and analytics, to enhance procurement processes, monitoring, and reporting.
• Continually develop communication networks, both internal and external to ensure operational success and department awareness. Work with Suppliers, Quality, Engineering, Fabrication, Spec Ops, Product Offering, and Sales when implementing input changes that will generate changepoints to buyer-controlled suppliers.

What This Job Offers

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