Aftermarket Buyer - SAFRAN CABIN INC.

Aftermarket Buyer 1 (H/F) – SAFRAN CABIN INC.

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Safran est un groupe international de haute technologie opérant dans les domaines de l'aéronautique (propulsion, équipements et intérieurs), de l'espace et de la défense. Sa mission : contribuer durablement à un monde plus sûr, où le transport aérien devient toujours plus respectueux de l'environnement, plus confortable et plus accessible. Implanté sur tous les continents, le Groupe emploie 100 000 collaborateurs pour un chiffre d'affaires de 27,3 milliards d'euros en 2024 et occupe, seul ou en partenariat, des positions de premier plan mondial ou européen sur ses marchés.

Safran est la 2ème entreprise du secteur aéronautique et défense du classement « World's Best Companies 2024 » du magazine TIME. Safran Cabin conçoit, certifie, et fabrique les intérieurs de cabines complets, les systèmes et les équipements les plus innovants du secteur pour offrir à ses clients du monde entier une image de marque distinctive et une expérience passager sûre et confortable.

Here, we craft excellence together. Your mission? Making the journey the most enjoyable part of the trip. Join our first‑class team to reinvent in‑flight experience. In the role of Buyer 1 you'll play a pivotal part on our supply chain team. The Safran growth strategy centers on three imperatives: growing company market share, customer satisfaction, and achieving operational excellence.

The Aftermarket Buyer 1 role is responsible for acquiring goods and services at a competitive price, ensuring that goods are of top quality, and facilitating delivery of goods via the issuance and management of a purchase order. Analyzes demand and plans supply in accordance, ensures efficient and quality execution of requirements and purchasing action messages, manages supplier delivery, quality, and cost performance and improvement.

The Aftermarket Buyer role is unique as it supports critical post‑delivery operations by sourcing and procuring aerospace components for spare parts, system upgrades, and maintenance programs. This position demands a strong familiarity with a broad range of aircraft parts and aftermarket programs, enabling swift response to urgent customer requirements and sustained operational performance. The position plays a key role in sustaining aircraft readiness, customer satisfaction, and regulatory compliance through agile supply chain coordination and vendor management.

• Role Assignment – Acts as authorized agent of the company, making financial commitments and managing key supplier relationships to ensure supply chain performance. Manages stable supplier accounts, requiring basic knowledge of commodity, supply base, and program. Responsible for low‑risk suppliers, moderate spend, with peer team lead oversight.
• 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, higher‑level buyers, Demand and Program Managers 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 are communicated to IPT Lead. Review non‑conformance reports (NCRs) against supplier product and communicate and coordinate disposition.

• Education – Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Experience – 0‑3 years of supply chain/purchasing/sourcing experience, preferably in the aerospace or aviation industry
• Computer Skills –…