Senior Buyer

Responsibilities

• Provides creative solutions and leadership in implementing procurement in your area of responsibility.
• Leverages your expertise and experience, manage all aspects of procurement from component definition through to supplier delivery.
• Performs assessment of supplier risk, creates competitive Request for Proposals, conducts supplier selection & development, negotiates with suppliers, schedules, Purchase Order management, conflict resolution and manages supplier follow up activity to ensure on time delivery of high-quality products at least total cost.
• Purchases a wide range of components including: contract manufacturing & services, raw materials, machined components and electronic devices in support of EBAD Simsbury, CT Operations and Product Development teams.
• Recommends inventory fulfillment approaches such as Kanban and strategic inventory.
• Works with Proposal Engineers and Development Engineering as procurement lead on new product business proposals.
• Ensures that all regulatory requirements with respect to purchasing, storage, and transportation of materials are adhered to.
• Creates procurement cost/price justifications consistent with requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARs).
• Participation in Continuous Improvement activities, working with suppliers and internal customers to facilitate improvements in quality, on-time delivery and cost.

Requirements

• The Candidate must have a BA/BS in Supply Chain, Finance or Business.
• 5-8 years tactical purchasing or related experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry.
• Experience in both low volume, development scale procurement (R&D), to low/medium volume production procurement is desirable.
• Understanding of Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing practices and basic operation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Knowledge of FAR/DFARS and related government procurement documentation requirements.
• Excels in a dynamic work environment.
• Must be willing to travel as needed (0-10%).

Qualifications

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Skills

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Benefits

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Pay

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