Senior Buyer

Job Title: Senior Buyer
Location: East Granby, CT (Bradley Park)
Pay Rate: $100k/yr - $110k/yr
Job Type: Direct Hire
Zip Code: 06026
Start Date: ASAP
Schedule: Onsite - Days/M-F
Keywords: #Buyer #Procurement #Purchasing

*U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency Required*

Job Description - Senior Buyer:

Our client offers competitive wages, annual bonus opportunity, 401k savings plan, paid time off, holidays, and much more! When you join the team, you'll be part of an innovative, industry renowned provider of solutions for a broad customer base in the aerospace market. If you're a team player and looking for more than just a job, apply today and take your career to new heights!!

Core Responsibilities:

- Manage all purchasing requirements and exception messages driven by ERP.
- Lead 'Make vs. Buy' analyses in collaboration with manufacturing & engineering.
- Negotiate and administer Long Term Agreements (LTA"s) working close with central commodity team.
- Driving Purchase Price Variance (PPV), cost avoidance and cost savings initiatives.
- 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.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risk - tracking expected supplier"s deliveries. Mentor junior buyers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high-performance negotiation within the team.

Qualifications:

- 7+ years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment (must have a STRONG background in procurement).
- Prior experience with castings, forgings, building to print and outside services in an aerospace 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.
- Investigate ways to reduce overall costs for the organization by identifying potential new suppliers as well as collaborating with existing suppliers and internal stakeholders on other opportunities such as lot sizing.
- Demonstrates strong time management skills with the ability to effectively coordinate multiple projects and deadlines.
- Strong oral and written communication skills are essential to ensure that concise and timely information is shared with all internal/external stakeholders.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently.
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
- 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

Education Requirements:
- BS Degree Supply Chain, Logistics, or Business preferred.

Employment Benefits: In addition to annual compensation, a comprehensive employee benefits package is provided, which includes, but is not limited to the following:

* 2 weeks of vacation and available days of Floating Holiday annually in accordance with policy, prorated from date of employment.
* Participation in annual bonus programs
* Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
* Dental Insurance
* Vision Insurance
* 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a Company matching contributions
* Group Term Life Insurance
* Optional Employee Term Life Insurance of 1 to 6 times annual base salary (contributory).
* Optional Dependent Term Life Insurance of up to $250,000 for your spouse and up to $10,000 for each dependent child, as applicable (contributory).
* Short-term Disability coverage
* Long-term Disability coverage
* Education Assistance Program.

*U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency Required*

Belcan is a leading provider of qualified personnel to many of the world's most respected enterprises. We offer excellent opportunities for contract/temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct assignments in the engineering, IT, and professional fields. We are the employer of choice for thousands worldwide. Our overriding goal is to provide quality staffing solutions that help people, organizations, and communities succeed. Belcan is a team-driven Equal Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.belcan.com.

Belcan is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.