Tactical Purchasing Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Buyer/Planners to achieve purchasing KPIs and program objectives

• Conduct purchasing and compliance training and regular performance reviews and metric based coaching

• Develop Purchasing budget, monitors, reports and mitigates risk to budget on a yearly and monthly basis to senior leadership

• Reviews Purchase Requisition s and Purchase Orders for FAR, DFAR's compliance, purchasing policy requirement and overall value.

• Lead negotiation strategies and support formal negotiations (Price, Delivery, scope, Terms & Conditions).

• Work closely with the Program and other functional groups (Operations, Quality, Engineering, Program Management, Contracts) to achieve business, financial and customer objectives

• Develops procurement strategy & takes responsibility for overall purchasing and strategic initiatives to build a competitive position

• Effectively serve as first point of escalation to resolve pricing, delivery and lead time challenges with suppliers in daily tier meetings

• Provide guidance on effective source selections to ensure compliant awards

• Own Purchasing performance metrics KPIs to effectively evaluate supplier performance, while maintaining supplier performance KPI and proactively working with supplier, towards continual improvement.

• Lead and manages key supplier Q  (Quarterly business reviews)

• Lead process improvement initiatives and proactively identify and implement solutions

US PERSON REQUIREMNET

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status or have the ability to obtain an export authorization.

Must be eligible to obtain security clearance

• Eight (8)+ years of experience in purchasing and/or government procurement.

• Three (3)+ years’ experience in Supply Chain Purchasing and/or Procurement leading people.

• Strong experience with use of ERP/MRP systems.

• Understanding of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR/DFARS)

• Strong understanding of purchasing contract terms and conditions & risk mitigation strategies.

• Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and MRP systems.

• This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by US export laws. In order to be eligible for this position, you must be a “US Person” under US export laws (or eligible for approval under a U.S. Government export license).

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.

• Ability to develop sound relationships in internal and external stakeholders as well as supplier organizations.

• Strong communicator both orally and in writing

• Ability to present to senior leadership team internally and externally, such as Quarterly business vendor reviews, supplier escalations & vendor performance improvement strategies

• Requires approximately 10% travel for vendor interface, contract negotiations & other business-related activities

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Masters Degree in related field

• Experience in the aerospace and defense industry

• SAP experience is strongly preferred

• Experience in written contractual authorization/vehicles (Cost Plus, Firm Fixed Price, Time & Material etc.)

• Experience with procurement/subcontract compliance with Public Laws, Policies, Prime Contract Flow Downs, ITAR and import/export requirements, and the situational applicability.

The annual base salary range for this position in the state of California is $122,000- $154,000. Honeywell considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations. This position is incentive plan eligible.

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance;
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance;
Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. For more information visit:
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