Senior Buyer

About Barber-Nichols:

Barber-Nichols (BN) is a leading provider of custom turbomachinery for the Defense, Aerospace, Cryogenics and Energy industries. This is a unique place. Our company is made up of people that are at the top of their game. And we are working with customers who are at the top of their game. Together, we help our customers revolutionize their markets and build amazing relationships with them in the process. If you're seeking to work with an amazing team in a “get-it-done” atmosphere that supports your development, and recognizes your achievements, BN is the place for you.

Position Summary: The Senior Buyer reviews, coordinates and processes all purchase requisitions for raw materials, goods, and services, negotiates price/delivery, and issues purchase orders (PO). The ability to identify and work within budgetary and scheduling requirements is critical to success. Also responsible for multi-year, large order placement with variable schedule requirements.

Key Results Areas:

• Understand outside machining requirements and ability to appropriately facilitate communication between production control, engineering and the supplier.
• Process organization’s purchase requisitions, develop procurement solicitations, negotiate price and delivery, and issue purchase orders.
• Provide quotation/pricing support to sales department.
• Provide periodic status and expediting to critical orders.
• Process material orders and equipment requirements.
• Process material requisitions, Purchase Orders, PO confirmations and change orders.
• Update PO pricing and delivery dates.
• Review material cost and purchase price variance status reports.
• Meet deadlines for PO’s, quotes, submittals and delivery dates.
• Review and approve pricing, terms, freight, etc.
• Prepare all aspects of procurement solicitations, including terms and conditions, customer contract flow down requirements, scope of work, and other requirements to facilitate acquisition of raw materials, goods, and services
• Review and negotiate quoted material packages.
• Understand units of measure and determine how to buy per the appropriate unit of measure.
• Review material package and subcontract review for the scope of work.
• Provide product and pricing updates to project teams, estimating and engineering.
• Administer return authorizations for discrepant materials, goods and services.
• Maintain and manage preferred/qualified vendor system, collect/analyze on time delivery and incoming inspection data, and recommend subsequent action.
• Maintain supplier certification records in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
• Conduct vendor surveys and participate in on-site supplier audits.
• Conduct pricing comparisons and create selection criteria for suppliers.
• Review vendor performance to ensure company needs are being met.
• Generate appropriate reports and analysis to facilitate continual improvement and development of supplier base.
• Develop new relationships and maintain existing relationships with vendors.
• Conduct warehouse stock checks to ensure accurate inventory.
• Responsible for process improvement and compliance.
• Review product and service offerings in order to drive cost reductions.
• Research and source new products and services.
• Support the control of externally provided processes, products, and services for ISO 9001:2015.
• Effectively communicate complex government contractual flow downs.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, an individual must possess the knowledge, training, experience and abilities required.

Education and Training

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain or similar, and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience:

• Minimum ten years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.

Other:

• Must be willing to work overtime as required.
• Travel up to 10% of working time.

Desired Job Qualification:

• MRP/ERP experience desired.
• ISO/AS quality system experience desired.

ITAR Requirements: To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at Barber-Nichols must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e., current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1157-1158. Security clearance is not required for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Barber-Nichols is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any protected status as defined by law.

Compensation and Benefits:

The salary range for this role is $90,000-$115,000. This range represent the anticipated minimum and maximum base + bonus for this position based upon a good faith and reasonable estimate. The final compensation for this position will be set based on the applicant’s qualifications (education, training and/or experience related to this role), and therefore, may fall outside the range shown, depending on the circumstances.

To view our benefits provided please visit Careers | Barber-Nichols.

Barber Nichols anticipates the application window closing approximately 30 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require Barber Nichols to shorten or extend the application window.