Buyer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Tactical purchasing experience
• Bachelor's degree
• US Citizen or Green Card Holder
• Buyer that fully managed a commodity end to end (raw material, COTS, buy parts, etc.)
• Experience working with project managers
• Experience predicting material needs 1-2 months in advance
• Experience procuring long lead items
• Experience with negotiating and managing multiple contract types, including Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Time and Material (T&M) and cost type (CPFF, CPIF).
• Knowledgeable amount MRP systems (any system okay).
• Minimum of 2-3 years tactical level experience in purchasing.
• Required Industry Experience: Aerospace or Automotive; Boeing, Lockheed, etc. No food experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related field.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Outlook and Windows programs (Excel, Word, Powerpoint).

Nice To Haves

• CostPoint experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates purchasing material, services, and product requirements for programs.
• Works with program leads to identify long lead materials.
• Works with sourcing and program team to select suppliers for bid and award from the approved list in order to achieve program objectives.
• Prepares purchase orders in Coupa and Costpoint software.
• Manages orders with suppliers, monitors backlog and daily order status report, adjusts schedules as needed, manage/modify POs with overdue shipments and open orders.
• Works with logistics team to ensure timely and economical deliveries of all materials to production location.
• Ensure that all requirements for purchasing, storage, and transportation of materials are adhered to.
• Monitors suppliers? performance and prepares reports and other records.
• Resolves discrepancies related to purchasing, delivery, receiving, accounts payable invoices, and payment to the supplier.