Buyer II

Responsibilities

• Issue and manage Purchase Orders (PO placement) for aviation spare parts in accordance with approved procurement plans, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with supplier agreements.
• Leads aspects of strategic sourcing, which may include Statement of Work (SOW) and Request for Proposal (RFP) preparation, proposal evaluation, price/cost analysis, contract negotiation, vendor management, and contract administration.
• Manage Open Order Book in ERP system via regular communication with suppliers and reconciliation of parts, dates, pricing details, and communicate status updates to internal stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships through regular communication, performance reviews, and proactive issue resolution to ensure a healthy and reliable supply base.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze supplier scorecards to track on-time delivery, quality performance, and compliance metrics, present findings to leadership and drive supplier improvement actions.
• Actively expedite critical and at-risk purchase orders by coordinating with suppliers to accelerate deliveries, resolve bottlenecks, and minimize impact to inventory availability and customer commitments.
• Coincide with Quality and Engineering teams to resolve supplier non-conformances, manage rejected material dispositions, and ensure parts meet required technical and airworthiness standards.
• Attend cross-functional meetings and calls to brief department heads on open order status, delivery risks, and action plans; support data-driven decision-making using ERP and BI tools.
• Utilize Business Intelligence skills to analyze data from company ERP and reporting dashboards.