Senior Buyer

Overview

Continental Electronics Corporation is a leading provider of RF technologies and innovative solutions with over 75 years of proven performance. CEC has experienced significant recent growth and has established itself as the go-to supplier for a diversified product line supporting a wide spectrum of markets from commercial products, military customers, to space research laboratories.

The Senior Buyer will carry out broad assignments involving the purchase of important items requiring extensive or specialized knowledge and experience, usually involving responsibility for a high volume of purchases. Reports to the Supply Chain Manager in the Manufacturing Department.

• Reviews requisitions and issues purchase orders to the optimum advantage of the company based on value, quality, delivery, and price.
• Assists in the selection of qualified suppliers through facility inspection and personal inquiry and adjudicates differences between CEC and vendors.
• Obtains quotations as required and selects vendors.
• Performs liaison between requisitioning departments and suppliers.
• May aid in the interpretation of specifications, prints, sources of materials, tools, etc., and may provide technical fabrication assistance.
• Recommends changes or substitutes when specific materials are not available or when quality may be improved or costs reduced.
• May provide Production Control with quantity price break information and necessary lead‑time required for economic lot purchases.
• Maintains follow‑up on all open orders through correspondence and other lines of communication depending on urgency.
• Advise Supply Chain Manager on status of open orders periodically to determine action to be taken on delinquent orders.
• May order tools, gauges, and material as required from their respective areas within the company to augment the processing of orders, and may expedite new vendor‑produced tooling parts for approval, and release them after approval.
• Assists Supply Chain Manager in preparation of reports and maintenance records.
• Reviews rejected parts as to source and makes final disposition.
• Assists in the training and supervision of junior buyers and buyers.
• Upholds the company’s core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.
• Demonstrates behavior consistent with the company’s Code of Ethics and Conduct.
• It is the responsibility of every employee to report to their manager or a member of senior management any quality problems or defects in order for corrective action to be implemented and to avoid recurrence of the problem.
• Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business.

• Bachelor’s degree from a four‑year college or university, preferred not required.
• 5 years of directly‑related buying experience. Accredited technical or college courses in purchasing, contracting or shop practice will be considered in evaluation of qualifications.
• 3+ years of experience working with CNC machine shops.
• Highly skilled at reading machined, build‑to‑print drawings and/or technical data packages.
• Ability to use understanding/knowledge of drawing interpretation to identify current and new sources (suppliers) to manufacture/fabricate hardware per the drawing.

• Prior experience with Deltek Costpoint a plus.
• Working knowledge of Contract Accounting.
• Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Negotiation.
• Collaboration.
• Teamwork.

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of accounting software; database software; internet software; inventory software; manufacturing software; order processing systems; payroll systems; project management software; spreadsheet software; and word‑processing software.

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