1st Shift: 7-3:30pm

LOOKING FOR 5 -10 YEARS OF PURCHASING EXPERIENCE AS A TACTICAL BUYER IN THE AEROSPACE AND MEDICAL INDUSTRY


SUMMARY
Client, Fluid Systems Division in Irvine, CA, is currently seeking a diligent and strategic Purchasing Specialist to play a critical role in our organization. You will be responsible for acquiring necessary goods and services, ensuring the best possible quality, delivery, and price.

As the Purchasing Specialist, your primary responsibilities will include identifying the best supplier solutions based on quality, capability, capacity, and pricing. You will be tasked with negotiating pricing, delivery, and payment terms to support customer requirements, which will involve employing different strategies for competitive, single, and sole source applications.
Your role will also involve proactive supplier management, focusing on performance to need and contract date requirements. Exceptional communication skills are vital for this role, as you will need to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, with suppliers and internal customers.

Furthermore, you will be expected to build and maintain positive relationships with suppliers and internal cross-functional matrix teams.
If you are a strategic thinker with excellent negotiation skills, a keen eye for detail, a self-starter, and a knack for building positive relationships, we would love to hear from you. Apply today to join our team.

Responsibilities
• Identifies and recommends suppliers by investigating potential suppliers, researching parts, equipment, machinery, services, and materials availability. Prepares statements of work for items proposed for procurement. Develops potential bidders lists and formal requests for quotation or proposal.
• Conducts supplier site visits and evaluates them as to production capability, performance, delivery, and other key business criteria. May support or lead supplier certification surveys as part of a technical and/or quality team.
• Evaluates proposals from potential suppliers. Selects suppliers for a variety of highly complex or technical materials, supplies or services and negotiates price, delivery, quality and service. Develops alternate sources of supply by identifying and researching prospective suppliers.
• Negotiates final terms and conditions of purchase, awards and administers the procurement contract to conclusion. Maintains accurate lead times for assigned area. Issues purchase orders and agreements that accurately reflect price, schedule, terms, and conditions as negotiated with suppliers. May include orders with international suppliers and/or subcontractors involving import/export trade.
• Monitors and evaluates supplier performance. Determines and implements corrective actions to resolve impending supplier failure to fulfill contractual agreements that may delay production or delivery. Resolves shipment quality discrepancies by mediating supplier/manufacturing issues. Facilitates inspections, substitutions, and standardization by arranging and participating in conferences between suppliers and company personnel.
• Negotiates and settles damage claims, rejections, losses, return of materials, over-shipments, cancellations, and engineering changes with suppliers.
• Monitors and evaluates supplier's ability to meet all company and government or commercial procurement requirements and ensure that the pertinent technical and quality issues receive adequate attention to assure compliance.
• Prepares complex reports and analyses by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Applies continuous improvement techniques and methods to internal processes and systems. Develops, coordinates, and implements improvement initiatives with key suppliers. Recommends actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses. Analyzes proposed changes in methods and materials. May lead or be assigned to a special project team.

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Business Administration, or related field, and experience which has provided both theoretical and practical knowledge in the field.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of the job typically acquired through six or more years of increasingly responsible related experience. Certificate in Purchasing Management (CPM) or APICS desired.
• Risk management experience as related to identifying supplier delivery risks, along with being able to propose solutions.
• Proficient with standard business application software and specialized purchasing and/or materials systems (e.g., electronic data interface (EDI) or manufacturing resource planning (MRP) systems).
• Ability to establish goals and objectives to complete projects.
• Ability to track and maintain regular meeting notes and actions from recurring supplier meetings, with multiple suppliers.
• Ability to organize and manage multi-layer projects/tasks, obtain regular updates and hold suppliers accountable to business needs.
• Experience with blueprint and drawing reading a plus.
• Related experience with a highly technical industry such as Aerospace or Medical is preferred.

The essential functions have been provided as examples of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The Company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions. The job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to describe the general nature of the position.