Senior Buyer, Multi Site

About the Role

Barnes Aerospace is seeking a Senior Buyer to manage supply chain material readiness, negotiate with suppliers, analyze costs, and ensure on-time delivery of goods. This role involves close collaboration with Engineering, Sourcing, and Manufacturing teams to understand material requirements and lead times in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage all purchasing requirements and exception messages driven by ERP across multiple sites.
• Request quotes from suppliers (cost and lead time) based on supplier capabilities and inclusion on Approved Vendor List.
• Obtain Quality approvals for specific part/operation/process prior to transmitting purchase orders to suppliers.
• Manage purchase orders to ensure date accuracy is maintained and correct information flows through ERP system to supplier scorecards.
• Manage supplier performance to drive execution required by internal build plan.
• Actively track expected supplier deliveries daily to confirm adherence to planned schedule. When deviations occur, proactively share information obtained with internal stakeholders, including earliest recovery date from supplier.
• Review inventories across sites to ensure proper safety stock, inventory levels, and appropriate utilization.
• Investigate ways to reduce overall costs for the organization by identifying potential new suppliers and collaborating with existing suppliers and internal stakeholders on opportunities such as lot sizing.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.
• High attention to detail and quality in all aspects of work.
• Previous experience with ERP systems.
• Ability to react quickly to schedule changes and re-prioritize parts at vendors.
• Strong time management skills with the ability to effectively coordinate multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong oral and written communication skills to ensure concise and timely information is shared with all internal/external stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently.
• Prior experience with outside services in a manufacturing environment (highly desirable).
• Demonstrated ability to use technology effectively and efficiently to manage both individual workload and documents in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and ability to create documents, reports, and briefing materials in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

Education Requirements

BS Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Business preferred.

This position may include access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws. If an applicant does not meet the definition of a “U.S. Person,” the Company may require an export control license, and any offer is contingent on verification of appropriate documentation and the Company’s determination regarding the feasibility of obtaining such a license.