Buyer (Aerospace)

Acara Solutions has been providing aerospace firms throughout the U.S. with our staffing services for close to 70 years. Our Cleveland, OH area (Elyria) international aerospace client has an onsite direct salaried Buyer position open. Their salary target range is from $80K-$95k at this lower cost of living region. Relocation assistance available.

This is a buyer position within a team of 6 buyers and 4 planners focusing on castings (motors, machined components) commodities. The majority will be domestic, with some buying activity from Italy, Poland, Japan and China.

The main skills are purchasing, purchase order creation, po maintenance, supplier performance, voice of company regarding supplier interactions, quality, delivery, invoicing, payment, responsible for returning non compliant castings, responsible for planning supplier deliveries to stock, supplier delivery recovery as the casting supplier. On Time Delivery is 40%.

The Buyer II is responsible for managing all aspects of purchasing components from suppliers in order to assure timely delivery of parts to support production needs. In addition, the Buyer II is the communication and logistics link between Value Streams, Supervisors, Marketing, Master Scheduler, and Purchasing.

• Perform material requirements planning through high interaction/coordination with manufacturing personnel and external suppliers to support the Value Stream

• Communicate priorities and schedule changes to Outside Processing Suppliers on a daily basis to support changes in production requirements

• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with suppliers; Communicate common supplier problems with Leadership, Procurement Specialists and other Buyers

• Develop, own, and drive an inventory action plan to maintain proper inventory levels and achieve turns goals of key production components

• Train the value stream support personnel and facilitate the upgrade to a pull-based replenishment system (Kanban) to improve inventory turns and eliminate part shortages

• Monitor supplier orders to assure they are shipped on a timely basis to support the Value Stream

• Improve supplier fill rates, quality, and lead times to fit product mix and needs.

• Obtain quotes from suppliers for production material and Outside Processing operations

• Negotiate blanket purchase orders and pursue cost reduction initiatives that eliminate adverse Purchase Price Index (PPI)

• Interact with sourcing teams to ensure best practices and greatest leverage in procurement, low cost region sourcing, supplier assessment & management

• Publish daily shortage report to communicate current delivery information from suppliers

• Resolve invoice discrepancies on a timely basis

• Manage supplier quality through the Non-Conforming Report (NCR) Process; Minimize production impact by ensuring discrepant materials are addressed with Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement Quality, Supervisors and Suppliers

• Work closely with suppliers and Procurement Quality Engineers to resolve Corrective Action Requests (CARs) generated from NCRs

• Obtain Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA), and process return transactions in Oracle (ERP System); Follow Debit Memo process for supplier rework of discrepant materials

Job Requirements

Required Skills / Qualifications:

Bachelor's preferred, but significant experience with a High School education will suffice.

Min 3 years of purchasing experience within a manufacturing plant (highly prefer aerospace, automotive or medical device (highly regulated industry)).

Min 5 years of experience with Excel and ERP systems (Oracle preferred)

Once a year travel to foundries expected.

This is an ITAR facility, U.S. persons required (Green Card ok)

Preferred:

Lean, Six Sigma training or cert belt

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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.