Senior Procurement Manager

Brief Description

Crestview Aerospace offers the opportunity to contribute to high-impact aerospace and defense programs that support leading aircraft and weapons systems manufacturers. The company partners with major OEMs, including Boeing Defense, Bell, RTX/Collins Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, and others, to deliver complex design‑to‑build and build‑to‑print assemblies for platforms such as the H‑47, V‑22, F‑35, F‑15, F‑16, F‑18, KC‑135, E‑2, Harpoon, and SLAM‑ER. With manufacturing operations in Crestview, Florida, and St. Louis,

Missouri, and a team of approximately 350 professionals, Crestview Aerospace provides a collaborative, mission‑focused environment where procurement leadership plays a critical role in supplier performance, production continuity, and operational success.

As Senior Procurement Manager, you will have the opportunity to lead a critical function within Crestview Aerospace’s supply chain organization, reporting to the Vice President of Supply Chain & Quality. In this role, you will shape sourcing strategy, strengthen supplier partnerships, and ensure the timely, cost‑effective flow of materials, supplies, capital equipment, and outside services that support complex aerospace manufacturing operations.

You will work closely with cross‑functional leaders to drive supplier performance, maintain production continuity, support compliance, and achieve cost, quality, delivery, and inventory objectives in a mission‑focused environment.

• Lead procurement strategy, execution, supplier management, cost reduction, compliance, and continuous improvement across Crestview Aerospace.
• Develop and maintain procurement policies, procedures, systems, controls, reports, and KPIs that support operational and business objectives.
• Manage purchasing of production materials, supplies, services, and capital equipment, including requisition review, purchase order execution, and commercial negotiations.
• Create sourcing strategies that reduce supply risk, improve supplier performance, support annual operating plan objectives, and drive cost savings.
• Identify, qualify, develop, and manage suppliers based on capability, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, financial stability, responsiveness, and compliance.
• Partner with Planning, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Receiving, Accounts Payable, and Finance to align procurement with schedules, forecasts, inventory goals, and production priorities.
• Analyze MRP/ERP demand, forecasts, lead times, reorder levels, supplier constraints, and inventory parameters to ensure timely, economical purchasing.
• Expedite orders and resolve supplier delivery, invoice, quality, documentation, contract, and performance issues to prevent production disruption.
• Lead, coach, develop, and organize procurement personnel to ensure performance, accountability, training, and succession readiness.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies, quality standards, ethical expectations, customer requirements, and applicable laws and regulations; perform related duties as assigned.

• Communicate effectively through written, verbal, presentation, negotiation, and interpersonal interactions with suppliers, customers, employees, and leadership.
• Demonstrate leadership by organizing work, developing staff, building accountability, and influencing cross‑functional teams.
• Apply strong ERP/MRP, purchasing, supplier management, procurement reporting, spreadsheet, Microsoft Office, and online research skills.
• Interpret technical requirements, engineering drawings, specifications, manufacturing documentation, forecasts, supplier performance, cost data, inventory parameters, contracts, and process information.
• Use analytical, problem‑solving, and financial skills to assess data, identify root causes, calculate purchasing‑related measures, and develop practical solutions.
• Manage competing priorities in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment while maintaining accuracy, urgency, sound judgment, confidentiality, and high ethical standards.
• Apply knowledge of aerospace manufacturing, quality requirements, supplier…