Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer

CPI Electron Device Business, with a history spanning more than seven decades, is a global leader in design, development, and manufacturing of electronic components and subsystems. We have locations in the United States and Europe. With a heritage of technological excellence, our team serves customers in the radar, defense, industrial, and scientific markets.

CPI EDB produces thousands of products that have impacted people's lives in numerous unseen ways every day. Our highly engineered products serve as the backbone of modern-day commercial and military communications systems, support and protect soldiers, sailors, and pilots, empower scientific discoveries and space exploration, help ensure the safety of imported foods and materials, and much more.

We are looking for energetic, agile, highly motivated, and customer focused individuals to join our team and help us to continue to be a market leader, shaping the future in communications and power.

Your day to day:

The Senior Buyer is responsible for managing complex procurement and strategic sourcing activities in support of aerospace and defense manufacturing operations. This role oversees the acquisition of materials, components, and services while ensuring compliance with FAR/DFARS requirements, quality standards, delivery schedules, and program objectives.

The Senior Buyer works closely with suppliers and cross-functional teams including Engineering, Operations, Quality, Planning, and Program Management to support supplier performance, cost reduction initiatives, risk mitigation, and production continuity.

This position requires strong analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

You will be accountable for:

• Manage purchase orders for critical commodities, services, and complex procurements while focusing on supplier performance, risk mitigation, and cost reduction.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Planning, and Program Management teams to resolve supplier-related issues, including lead time, quality, and technical concerns.
• Support supplier performance management activities, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and execute procurement and sourcing strategies, including supplier selection, market analysis, pricing evaluation, and product availability assessments.
• Process and manage purchase requisitions, purchase orders, RFQs, and purchase order revisions in accordance with company policies and operational requirements.
• Conduct cost and price analysis and negotiate pricing, delivery, quality, and contractual terms to ensure best overall value.
• Monitor supplier performance to ensure alignment with cost, schedule, quality, and operational objectives.
• Identify cost savings opportunities, alternative sourcing strategies, and supply chain process improvements.
• Maintain strong working relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders to support business and operational goals.
• Conduct supplier site visits and audits as required.
• Perform other duties as needed and assigned.

You are the right person for this job if you have:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Business, Operations, or a related field preferred; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
• Master's degree a plus.
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant procurement, purchasing, or supply chain experience, preferably within aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or other regulated industries.
• APICS certification or other relevant supply chain/procurement certifications preferred.
• Strong knowledge of procurement, supply chain management, sourcing strategies, and assigned commodities within a complex manufacturing environment.
• Ability to manage complex procurements, prioritize multiple responsibilities, and support cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated problem-solving, analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills with the ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams.
• Strong understanding of FAR/DFARS requirements, government contracting regulations, contractual flow-downs, and procurement compliance requirements.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and their application within procurement and supply chain operations.
• Effective communication, leadership, and relationship-building skills with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Ability to identify risks, drive supplier performance improvements, and support cost reduction initiatives.
• Professional experience within aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or other regulated industries.
• This position requires potential access to technology controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The successful candidate must be a "U.S. Person" as defined under ITAR and EAR. In order to be a U.S. Person for ITAR and EAR purposes, you must (i) be a citizen or national of the United States; or…