Buyer II

** Crane Aerospace and Electronics
** has an exciting opportunity for
** About Crane:
**** Crane Aerospace & Electronics
** supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS).Located in the epicenter of United States aviation manufacturing, our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Lynnwood, Wash., facility delivers industry-leading aerospace & defense power and fluid solutions.

Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and innovative enough to be featured on Eviation’s Alice all-electric aircraft. You’ll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains. Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!

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* Job Summary:

** The Buyer II is responsible for managing all aspects of purchasing components from suppliers in order to assure timely delivery of parts to support production needs. In addition, the Buyer II is the communication and logistics link between Value Streams, Supervisors, Marketing, Master Schedulers, and Purchasing.
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* Essential Functions:

*** Perform material requirements planning through high interaction/coordination with manufacturing personnel and external suppliers to support the Value Stream
* Communicate priorities and schedule changes to Outside Processing Suppliers on a daily basis to support changes in production requirements
* Establish and maintain positive working relationships with suppliers;
Communicate common supplier problems with Leadership, Procurement Specialists and other Buyers
* Develop, own, and drive an inventory action plan to maintain proper inventory levels and achieve turns goals of key production components
* Train the value stream support personnel and facilitate the upgrade to a pull-based replenishment system (Kanban) to improve inventory turns and eliminate part shortages
* Monitor supplier orders to assure they are shipped on a timely basis to support the Value Stream
* Improve supplier fill rates, quality, and lead times to fit product mix and needs.
* Obtain quotes from suppliers for production material and Outside Processing operations
* Negotiate blanket purchase orders and pursue cost reduction initiatives that eliminate adverse Purchase Price Index (PPI)
* Interact with sourcing teams to ensure best practices and greatest leverage in procurement, low cost region sourcing, supplier assessment & management
* Publish daily shortage report to communicate current delivery information from suppliers
* Resolve invoice discrepancies on a timely basis
* Manage supplier quality through the Non-Conforming Report (NCR) Process;
Minimize production impact by ensuring discrepant materials are addressed with Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement Quality, Supervisors and Suppliers
* Work closely with suppliers and Procurement Quality Engineers to resolve Corrective Action Requests (CARs) generated from NCRs
* Obtain Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA), and process return transactions in Oracle (ERP System);
Follow Debit Memo process for supplier rework of discrepant materials
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* Minimum Qualifications:

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* Experience:

Three (3) or more years of experience buying in a similar industry or demonstrated equivalent knowledge of supply chain function through work experience or school
* Knowledge:  + In-depth knowledge of the manufacturing process used in the operating unit of assignment  + Working knowledge of buying, and ordering procedures  + Working knowledge of production planning, material requirements planning and Kanban systems  + Working knowledge of computer systems that support production, e.g., inventory control, purchasing, production scheduling and Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
* Skills/Abilities:  + Well-developed skill in communicating with others  + Proficiency in Excel and Word and ability to work with Access databases  + Ability to coordinate…