Aerospace Purchasing Buyer

Aerospace Purchasing Buyer

Tessera is seeking an experienced Aerospace Purchasing Buyer to join our growing Manufacturing team in Auburn, Washington. The Purchasing Buyer plays a critical role in maintaining production flow by ensuring the right material or service is purchased from the right supplier, at the right cost, with the right quality, and delivered when required to meet customer commitments.

The Purchasing Buyer is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, and managing materials, components, supplies, and outside services. This position works closely with Production Control, Engineering, Quality, Estimating, Contracts, and Operations to ensure materials and services are available on time, at competitive cost, and in compliance with customer and aerospace requirements.

Typical duties include but are not limited to:

• Review material and hardware requirements, purchase requisitions, MRP/ERP requirements, and production schedules to determine purchasing needs.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders to approved suppliers.
• Source materials, components, tooling, supplies, and outside processing services.
• Obtain and evaluate supplier quotations based on price, quality, lead time, capacity, and delivery requirements.
• Negotiate pricing, delivery dates, terms, and other commercial requirements within established authority.
• Monitor open purchase orders and proactively communicate potential shortages, delays, and schedule risks.
• Expedite critical materials and outside services to support customer and production commitments.
• Maintain accurate purchase order information, including quantities, pricing, due dates, revisions, and supplier commitments.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with qualified and approved suppliers.
• Support supplier selection and qualification activities in coordination with Quality and Operations.
• Ensure purchases comply with customer requirements, approved supplier lists, specifications, and applicable aerospace standards.
• Coordinate with Quality regarding certifications, material traceability, inspection requirements, and supplier documentation.
• Review supplier performance and assist in resolving quality, delivery, pricing, and documentation issues.
• Support cost-reduction and supplier-improvement initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to reduce lead times, improve purchasing terms, and mitigate supply-chain risk.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and purchasing records for traceability and audit requirements.
• Assist with long-term purchasing agreements and strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Support inventory objectives by balancing material availability with excess and obsolete inventory risks.
• Communicate effectively with internal departments regarding material status and supplier commitments.
• Follow company quality procedures and purchasing controls.
• Ensure purchased products and services meet applicable customer, engineering, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Understand and follow requirements related to counterfeit-part prevention and material traceability.
• Support compliance with applicable aerospace quality standards and customer flow-down requirements.
• Participate in supplier corrective actions and resolution of nonconforming material when required.
• Purchase product IAW customer requirement flow down (i.e. D1-4426, Customer QPL, Customer specifications, etc.)
• Perform other purchasing and supply-chain duties as assigned.
• All Other Duties as Assigned.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Purchase orders placed on time
• Supplier on-time delivery performance
• Material availability to support production schedules
• Purchase price variance/cost savings
• Supplier lead-time performance
• Past-due purchase orders
• Expedite activity and schedule recovery
• Supplier quality performance
• Purchase order accuracy
• Inventory levels and material shortages

Core Competencies:

• Communication:
  Communicates clearly and proactively with suppliers and internal departments.
• Negotiation:
  Obtains competitive pricing and favorable delivery and commercial terms.
• Accountability:
  Owns purchasing commitments and follows issues through to resolution.
• Problem Solving:
  Quickly identifies supply-chain risks and develops practical solutions.
• Organization:
  Effectively…