2027 Entry Level - Procurement Agent - TAP

About The Entry Level Role

As a Textron employee, you’ll take on meaningful work from day one—contributing to real projects and collaborating with experienced team members across the business. This entry-level opportunity is designed to help you build your skills, gain exposure across functions, and grow through hands-on experience, mentorship, and development opportunities.

Job Summary

As a Procurement Agent at Textron Aviation, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external suppliers, ensuring timely delivery of quality products, monitoring supply base performance and supporting a broad spectrum of internal customers. This position provides product procurement support for Direct, Defense, and Aftermarket departments across various Textron aircraft platforms.

Responsibilities

• Releases purchase orders and stock transfer orders within departmental guidelines to satisfy system and/or customer demand (AOG).
• Reviews and actions exception reports from ERP system to resolve procurement disconnects.
• Executes contract requirements as related to negotiated pricing updates, performance metrics, receiving and invoice resolution, quality escapes, and order policies.
• Complies with all public law requirements, company (and business) policies and procedures, import/export regulations, and employs sound business practices.
• Responsible for inventory/replenishment forecasting and supplier performance metrics.
• Responsible for expediting requirements to fulfill end customer need dates and providing useful information in support of customer communications.
• May be responsible for establishing inventory plans to achieve targets by maintaining replenishment strategies & programs, ensuring accurate system lead-times, reorder points, optimal stock levels, lot sizes, minimum order quantities, economic order quantities, safety stock, safety lead time, etc.
• Works with appropriate management personnel, reviews inadequacies and irregularities in purchased materials and helps establish applicable corrective action plans.
• Identifies and delivers cost savings initiatives as planned and forecasted.
• Basic contract interpretation skills necessary to read and interpret supplier agreements.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required in Supply Chain Management, Business, Economics, or related field.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Careful attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task in fast paced environment
• Proficient to advanced working knowledge in Microsoft Office suite
• Exposure to supply chain processes, sourcing, and vendor management preferred

Why Build Your Career at Textron

Textron offers a supportive workplace where employees are encouraged to grow, contribute, and innovate. Our benefits include:

• Competitive compensation
• Day-one health and wellness benefits
• Retirement savings options
• Tuition reimbursement
• Alternative work schedules at select locations
• Relocation assistance for eligible candidates