Buyer, Business

Position: Buyer 2
Job details

Domain

Performance and Support

Job field / Job profile

Purchasing - Products and services purchasing

Job title

Buyer 2

Employment type

Permanent

Professional category

Employees / Staff

Part time / Full time

Full-time

Job description

Acts as authorized agent of the company, making financial commitments and managing key supplier relationships to ensure supply chain performance

• Manages complex supplier accounts, requiring advanced knowledge of commodity, supply base, and program

• Responsible for key suppliers, significant spend, and challenging supply chain problem resolution

• Provides peer review and oversight to junior Purchasing Agents

• Possesses solid working knowledge of subject matter
Purchasing Execution

• Make daily purchases and input into MRP system based on demand, while analyzing the quality, specifications, and delivery requirements

• Ensure just in time supply aligns with loaded demand to maintain inventory targets

• Send out quotations for bid on non-contracted items, and negotiate best price

• Interface with planning and purchasing Integrated Program Team (IPT) to ensure any changes in schedule or requirements are flowed down to suppliers

• Review purchase orders regularly and follow up on unconfirmed orders, past due items, etc.
Supplier Management

• Generate effective communication, good relationships, and a positive image with suppliers, promoting courtesy, objectivity, and fairness

• Act as authorized agent of the company and primary contact to assigned suppliers

• Proactively manage suppliers and regularly assess performance to ensure on-time delivery of quality product

• Manage program shortages and ensure supplier commitments

• Your Career:
Safran is committed to providing internal mobility to our employees. We operate globally so the sky is the limit of where your Safran journey can take you.

• Your Development:
Safran employees have free access to Safran University courses and external tuition reimbursement for approved programs or certifications.

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Your Benefits:

Our suite of comprehensive benefits include health care (medical, dental and vision), life insurance, 401(k) savings plans with company match, paid time off, Safran Perks with Benefit Hub - Employee Discounts & Rewards Marketplace for consumer products/services and more!

But what else? (advantages, specificities, etc.)

Northwest Aerospace Technologies ("NAT"), a Safran Company, is the only EASA DOA Certified aircraft interior reconfiguration group in the United States. Focusing on commercial and military aircrafts, NAT provides first class services in design, engineering, quality, certification, and manufacturing for a variety of Blue-Chip customers.

POWERED BY TEAMWORK. Are you ready to be part of a team that drives big ideas and even bigger wins? At Safran, we believe in the power of both collaboration and individual contributions. We understand that it takes diverse perspectives, problem-solving skills, dependability, and trust to push each other forward and achieve great success. For us, working here is more than just a job;

it's a passion. There's the unique opportunity to lead the way in aerospace and defense and contribute to creating a safer and more sustainable world.

We trust our employees to bring bold ideas to build the future of aerospace together, contributing to our ranking by TIME as the leading Aerospace & Defense company on the 2025 World's Best Companies list (#52 on the full list). Join our team and become part of the group that's making amazing things happen on the ground and in the skies.

Together, we'll proudly step back and say, "We did that".

Candidate skills & requirements

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Education:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Minimum 3 years of supply chain/purchasing/sourcing experience

Computer

Skills:

• MRP system experience

• MS Office Skills (Excel, PowerPoint)
Skills/Abilities

• Strong written and verbal business communications abilities

• Self-starter with ability to drive improvement, meet timeliness and objectives

• Identifying problems working with teams to solve through leading actions collaboratively

• Ability to analyze and communicate requirements

• Ability to apply Supply Chain past experience to…