Procurement Buyer II

Responsibilities

• Determine material requirements through analytical planning and schedule the ordering thereof;
• source, negotiate and execute awards for direct, indirect or CAPEX material & equipment, at the best value to the organization and on a timely basis to support production schedule.
• Successfully learn and manage multiple commodities as assigned.
• Monitor the addition of new customer requirements and work to ensure timely release of purchase requisition to provide program support.
• Evaluate current programs to verify that they are being fully supported by evaluating ERP signals, EML and quality issues.
• Flag production impacts and escalate resolution through appropriate support and management personnel; communicate program impact to appropriate departments accurately and reliably using expert customer service skills.
• Create purchase requisitions and purchase orders for accuracy and conformance with established policies and procedures.
• Process and plan Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s) in alignment with our Planning department.
• Obtain oral and/or written quotations from Suppliers, document competitive bidding.
• Perform Price Analysis techniques per FAR/DFAR requirements.
• Negotiate and execute moderately critical or complex, mid to high-value awards; manage price increase situations and cost improvement initiatives with the team; drive all elements of the procurement process with Suppliers resulting in the best value for CAES.
• Follow up on purchase orders to ensure acknowledgement and on time delivery; document expected delivery dates and expedite as needed. Escalate issues both internally and externally in a timely manner.
• Resolve receiving discrepancies, inspection discrepancies, coordinate Return to Vendor (RTV) and reconcile invoice discrepancies.
• Interface professionally, in a team-orientated manner with internal clients including Planning, Inventory, Ops/Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality and Finance.
• Support and address KPI matrix and report outs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• US Citizenship required.
• 3+ years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.
• ERP system proficiency, preferably using SAP.
• Intermediate Excel proficiency, to include, exporting data to Excel, executing moderately advanced formulas, pivot tables, charts and analyzing data.
• Strong analytical, time management, and communication skills to work successfully in a matrix environment.
• Industry related experience in Aerospace & Defense (A&D).
• FAR/DFAR related experience with compliance packages.
• Experience leading cost savings initiatives, and leading or mentoring in Lean initiatives.