Job Description
Job Summary
- Appropriate materials from approved suppliers at best value to support customer requirements and production
- Identify and develop sources, negotiate pricing, negotiate long term purchase agreements, create purchase orders and coordinate timely delivery
- Evaluate MRP, Commercial Contracts, Drawings and Purchase Requests
- Initiate Purchase Orders to maintain minimum required and approved stocking levels
- Create justification to support purchasing decisions
- Read and interpret engineering drawings and disseminate appropriate level of information to the supplier and incorporate in the purchase order
- Obtain appropriate purchase order approvals and notify supplier(s) of successful award(s) (spending authority for purchases of up to $50,000**)
- Follow-up to ensure purchase requirements are met, ensure timely delivery, and resolve any open issues
- Coordinate any challenges with suppliers and internal departments (i.e. Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, etc) to facilitate appropriate resolution
- Work closely with Engineering on technical issues and newly developed products
- Coordinate all repairs and warranties
- Prepare additional supporting packages as required for purchases over $250,000
- Input BOM parts into Visual ERP System
Education/Skills/Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Targeting up to 5 years of experience related to job duties
- Excellent analytical, communication and organizational skills
- Material requirements planning/planning & forecasting experience
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of ERP systems
- Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook and Excel experience
- Visual Enterprise and aerospace parts knowledge