Job Description

Northwest Aerospace Technologies (“NAT”), a Safran Company, is the only EASA DOA Certified aircraft interior reconfiguration group in the United States. Focusing on commercial and military aircrafts, NAT provides first class services in design, engineering, quality, certification, and manufacturing for a variety of Blue Chip customers.

The Safran growth strategy centers on three imperatives: growing company market share, customer satisfaction and achieving operational excellence.
The Buyer 3 role is responsible for acquiring goods and services at a competitive price, ensuring that goods are of top quality, and facilitating delivery of goods via the issuance and management of a purchase order. Analyzes demand and plans supply in accordance, ensures efficient and quality execution of requirements and purchasing action messages, manages supplier delivery, quality, and cost performance and improvement.

Team Leadership:

•Point of escalation to material issues that require attention and present a risk to successfully execute the procurement process to meet the required demand dates
•Coaches, trains, and mentors junior Purchasing Agents
•Identify and manage special projects and teams, as required
•Assist in the continuous improvement of the Purchasing organization

Role Assignment
•Acts as authorized agent of the company, making financial commitments and managing key supplier relationships to ensure supply chain performance
•Manages complex supplier accounts, requiring advanced knowledge of commodity, supply base, and program
•Responsible for key suppliers, significant spend, and challenging supply chain problem resolution
•Provides peer review and oversight to junior Purchasing Agents
•Possesses comprehensive knowledge of subject matter

Purchasing Execution
•Make daily purchases and input into MRP system based on demand, while analyzing the quality, specifications, and delivery requirements
•Ensure delivery aligns with loaded demand to maintain inventory targets
•Send out quotations for bid on non-contracted items, and negotiate best price
•Interface with planning and purchasing Integrated Program Team (IPT) to ensure any changes in schedule or requirements are flowed down to suppliers
•Review purchase orders regularly and follow up on unconfirmed orders, past due items, etc.

Supplier Management
•Generate effective communication, good relationships, and a positive image with suppliers, promoting courtesy, objectivity, and fairness
•Act as authorized agent of the company and primary contact to assigned suppliers
•Proactively manage suppliers and regularly assess performance to ensure on-time delivery of quality product
•Manage program shortages and ensure supplier commitments are communicated to IPT Lead
•Review non-conformance reports (NCRs) against supplier product and communicate and coordinate disposition
•Identifies and mitigates risk, solves problems, & escalates as needed to IPT Lead &/or Purchasing Manager

Complementary Description

At Safran Cabin, diversity & inclusion is a source of richness that adds quality of life, performance, and innovation. We welcome diverse contributions and provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, disability/medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic characteristics or information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.
We seek service-oriented team players with strong interpersonal skills and a positive attitude, adaptable to our innovative and evolving environment.

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•Your Career: Safran is committed to providing internal mobility to our employees. We operate globally so the sky is the limit of where your Safran journey can take you.
•Your Development: Safran employees have free access to Safran University courses and external tuition reimbursement for approved programs or certifications.
•Your Benefits: Our suite of comprehensive benefits include health care (medical, dental and vision), life insurance, 401(k) savings plans with company match, paid time off, Safran Perks with BenefitHub – Employee Discounts & Rewards Marketplace for consumer products/services and more!

Job Requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Experience: Minimum of 6 years of supply chain/purchasing/sourcing experience

Computer Skills:

•MRP system experience
•MS Office Skills (Excel, PowerPoint)

Other Skills:

•Strong written and verbal business communications abilities
•Self-starter with ability to drive improvement, meet timeliness and objectives
•Identifying problems working with teams to solve through leading actions collaboratively
•Ability to analyze and communicate requirements
•Ability to apply Supply Chain past experience to current environment and modify as needed.
•Ability to negotiate, influence, and win respect
•Ability to make timely decisions and take action
•Ability to provide information regarding tasks, plans, schedule and strategy to stakeholders.
•Customer service oriented

Additional Preferred Skills: (not required)

•Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain or program management
•Previous experience supporting manufacturing, aerospace preferred
•Ability to read and analyze engineering prints