Strategic Buyer, Advanced Manufacturing

Position Overview The Strategic Buyer, Advanced Manufacturing is a procurement-focused role responsible for sourcing, contracting, and supporting the implementation of capital equipment, automation, equipment integrations, custom engineered solutions, prototypes, and other investments that expand Pac Sci EMC's advanced manufacturing capabilities. The role is approximately 75% procurement and 25% project management, with project-management responsibility centered on coordinating multiple supplier delivery schedules and procurement timelines.

The role owns commercial execution from RFP/RFQ and supplier selection through purchase order placement, supplier milestones, equipment delivery, installation, and acceptance. This position partners closely with Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering, Facilities, Quality, Operations, Finance, Program teams, and equipment suppliers/integrators. Success requires a hands-on purchasing professional who can combine strong sourcing and commercial judgment with disciplined project execution, operate effectively in an evolving environment with limited standard work, and independently create structure, solve problems, and drive commitments to completion.

This is a 100% onsite position, Monday through Friday.

• Own procurement, sourcing, and commercial execution for capital equipment, automation, equipment upgrades, custom one-off solutions, prototypes, engineered assemblies, indirect purchases, services, and related advanced-manufacturing investments.
• Lead RFP/RFQ development, bid analysis, supplier evaluation and selection, SOW support, commercial negotiations, purchase order placement, and implementation activities.
• Take accountability for supplier selection and ensure sourcing decisions balance technical requirements, total cost, schedule, quality, capacity, serviceability, and business risk.
• Perform sourcing activities across indirect, custom, prototype, equipment, and services categories, including market/supplier research, competitive bid activity, supplier identification, and development of sourcing options that support cost, schedule, technical, and business requirements.
• Manage equipment integrators and specialized OEMs responsible for designing, assembling, delivering, installing, and commissioning complex manufacturing systems and production equipment.
• Manage multiple supplier delivery schedules and procurement timelines from award through completion, including schedule recovery, scope management, change control, cost impacts, risk mitigation, and escalation when commitments are at risk.
• Maintain accountability for project purchasing documentation and material requirements, including BOMs, purchase orders, multiple delivery schedules, procurement timelines, progress reporting, risk visibility, and supplier deliverables.
• Partner with technical stakeholders to interpret and communicate equipment requirements and appropriately challenge specifications, supplier assumptions, SOW scope, cost, schedule, and change orders.
• Coordinate FAT/SAT planning and completion with the appropriate technical resources and ensure suppliers meet contractual, technical, safety, and operational requirements.
• Negotiate and manage commercial terms including pricing, payment terms, warranty coverage, service and maintenance requirements, spare parts/MRO needs, liability considerations, lead times, and supplier commitments; partner with Legal on complex contractual matters.
• Provide concise project reporting, risk visibility, recommendations, and executive-level updates for assigned equipment and capital projects.
• Manage supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, capacity, responsiveness, and overall business risk, and drive corrective actions when performance does not meet expectations.
• Perform supplier due diligence and support supplier onboarding, capability assessments, compliance validation, transitions, second-source qualification, capacity actions, and continuity/risk mitigation initiatives as needed.
• Develop fact-based recommendations using spend, cost, market, supplier, and total-cost-of-ownership analysis and identify opportunities for cost reduction, cost avoidance, and stronger commercial terms.
• Maintain strong purchasing discipline and hands-on tactical execution, ensuring purchase orders, pricing, lead times, documentation, and supplier commitments are accurate and actively managed through completion.
• Independently manage multiple complex sourcing and purchasing priorities, build…