Senior Buyer
Open PositionLocation: Greer, SC USA
Reports To: Procurement Manager
Reports To: Procurement Manager
- Responsible for P.O. placement for direct material components required for new production and aftermarket.
- Maintain current delivery dates on all purchase orders.
- Expedite suppliers on critical components.
- Develop, manage, and maintain critical supplier relationships.
- Component scheduling to support new engine and aftermarket customer requirements.
- Identify, analyze, and negotiate cost reduction opportunities with existing supply base.
- Responsible for supplier quotation cost analysis (cost, lead time, tooling, NRE) and making supplier recommendations.
- Experience purchasing hardware with sub-supplier scope and lead times up to 18 months.
- Ability to interface effectively with manufacturing, engineering, finance, quality and program management functions.
- Strong customer satisfaction mindset with ability to enhance internal/external customer relationships.
- Bachelor’s Degree or 5 to 10 years of applicable professional experience in procurement.
- 5 to 7 years of procurement experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Thoroughly familiar with business processes related to purchase order processing.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems, Great Plains or equivalent.
- Familiarity with standard terms and conditions in supplier relationships.
- Strong customer satisfaction mindset with ability to enhance internal/external customer relationships.
- Detail oriented, diligent, and well organized.
- Demonstrated self-starter with ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced changing environment.
- Experience with bills of material, source control, technical drawings, and manufacturing of industrial products and services.
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes (fabrication, castings, forgings, machining, special processes, etc).
- Familiarity with long lead-time components and raw material sourcing.
- Familiarity with aero-derivative gas turbine components.
- High level of competency in MS Office applications.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001/9002 and AS9100 Quality System requirements.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.