Job Description

Experienced Procurement professional. Executes processes, standards, and operational plans in support of Procurement goals, including RFPs, negotiations, cost accountability, and/or program execution. Authorizes purchase orders, approve payments, and responds to client issues to ensure the procurement process goes smoothly.

Experience: 6 to 9 years

Buyer will be responsible for the following activities:

• Executes processes, standards, and operational plans in support of Procurement goals, including RFPs, negotiations, cost accountability, and / or program execution.
• Approves and qualifies vendors to fulfill account needs.
• Responds to client issues or problems.
• Authorizes purchase orders and approves payments to ensure the procurement process goes smoothly.
• Analyzes and reviews price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to provide input on reasonable prices.
• Prepares and reviews request for proposals (RFP) and bid packages.
• Analyzes and monitors contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
• Manage a category of suppliers and associated spend
• Interact with suppliers to communicate delivery expectations, forecasts, design changes, lead time management, and material expedites or delays to ensure suppliers meet Supplier On Time Delivery (OTD) goals.
• Drive cost reduction and cost avoidance opportunities.
• Involved with strategic sourcing team to align negotiations, new supplier selection, and Supply Chain strategy.
• Review purchase requisitions, place purchase orders, issue change notices, review exception messages to ensure delivery of materials or services as necessary to adhere to production schedules.
• Use MRP and EOQ skillset for buying appropriate quantities
• Maintain material master records for assigned materials; ensure accurate PIR records, source lists, and promptly reconcile supplier invoices for payment.
• Review part consumption characteristics to ensure appropriate planning parameters are maintained.
• Review and maintain internal/external vendor managed programs, direct ship programs, scheduling agreements and blanket orders.
• Provide root cause corrective action when needed.
• Participate and lead continuous improvement opportunities
• Proactively avoid material shortages
• Expedite part shortages
• Review and maintain purchase order date accuracy and maintain MRP accuracy/health
• Work cross functionally to resolve complaints and clear blocks; trouble-shoot
• Quote parts with suppliers
• Source parts with suppliers
• Coordinate with suppliers on return to vendor (RTV) parts
• Proactively drive root cause corrective action (RCCA) with the supply base
• Drive tail spend management strategies
• Provide real time status on key parts shortages and/or expedites
  
  

Minimum requirements:

• Education requirements: Bachelor’s Degree
• Job description: Tactical Senior Site Buyer.
• Preferred skills: negotiations, familiarity with SAP / MACOLA MRP systems
• Preferred experience: SAP / Macola ERP system experience; 5 or more years of previous site buyer experience; metals/machining / EMS category experience
  
  

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

The next chapter of our future as an aerospace company is here, and we are excited about what this means for our employees and customers! Get onboard the Collins Aerospace Operations team and play a part in managing our innovative products from inception to delivery. The Operations team continues to grow and aims to strengthen the connection of Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain and Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) across Collins Aerospace. In this dynamic environment, you will have the opportunity to network across our businesses and functions, all while improving the productivity, quality and efficiency of our operations worldwide.

Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

Benefits package includes:

• Group Term Life Insurance.
• Group Health Insurance.
• Group Personal Accident Insurance.
• Entitled for 22 days of vacation and 7 days of contingency leave annually.
• Employee scholar programme.
• Work life balance.
• Car lease programme.
• National Pension Scheme
• LTA
• Fuel & Maintenance /Driver wages
• Meal vouchers

Skills Required

• Analytical
• ERP