Purchasing Manager

Overview

Career Opportunities with Elevate Aircraft Seating

A great place to work.

Careers At Elevate Aircraft Seating

Currently posted opportunities are updated as they become available.

Since 2018, Elevate Aircraft Seating has been enhancing the passenger experience through innovative aircraft seat design and manufacturing. With locations in California, Washington, and Germany we are guided by creativity, collaboration, and a shared commitment to quality.

We are looking for a skilled Purchasing Manager to join our team in Santa Maria, CA. This is an on-site position based in Santa Maria, CA. We value teamwork, inclusivity, and continuous professional development, and we offer competitive benefits along with opportunities for growth.

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for leading and managing a team of Procurement Agents and Specialists in overall procurement operations, as well as develop and maintain good relationships with vendors to support company objectives, customer satisfaction, profitability, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. Work within Supplier lead-times to assure Procurement supports company production schedules. Promote Supplier purchase orders at lowest program cost basis with cash flow terms minimizing inventory build-up, by bringing in material not more than 3-4 weeks ahead of Production build need.

• Lead and manage the procurement operations, implements procurement strategies, drives procurement optimization and efficiency.
• Time Supplier deliveries to maintain desired inventory levels, targeted inventory turns and optimize company cash flow terms.
• Work with Strategic sourcing to manage identification of potential suppliers and existing key suppliers and evaluates suppliers to ensure optimal supplier network.
• When required, lead the commercial negotiation and re-negotiation of a range of contracts in line with good practice and corporate directives.
• Develop sourcing strategies that eliminate or mitigate key risks in the Supply Chain.
• Evaluate and monitor supplier performance and risk by assessing suppliers’ ability to meet quality and delivery requirements. Accomplish objective through various methods including on-site visits, driving performance measurements, supplier audits, readiness assessments.
• Coach team to use independent judgment to establish, build, and maintain relationships with all key suppliers.
• Arrange supplier meetings with appropriate personnel to review and resolve any problems such as On-Time Delivery/Quality/Pricing) or other issues as needed.
• Lead collaboration with other departments, such as Supplier Quality, Planning, Engineering, Quality Assurance and Production to identify and qualify new suppliers.
• Working with Strategic Sourcing may be asked to negotiate pricing, contracts, and payment terms with suppliers, focusing on long-term buying agreements, to reduce total material cost and maximize savings.
• Drive positive performance trends for both external suppliers and internal processes through continuous improvement (metrics, root cause analysis).
• Work with multiple departments within Company to solve problems;
  Engineering (ensuring drawing release is on time and accurate), Planning (that requirements meet the program needs based on Minimum Order Quantities, lead times), Receiving (assuring accuracy of paperwork and products received), Quality (any non-conformance issues that need to be resolved).
• Recommend any system improvements that would improve day-to-day work functionality.
• Make daily purchases within allotted programs based on requisitions and analyze the quality, specifications, and delivery requirements.
• May be called upon to use independent judgment to send out quotations for bid on non-contracted items and negotiate best price thereafter selecting supplier to award purchase order.
• Review purchase orders on a weekly basis via reporting system and follow-up on past due items plus requirements due in coming weeks.
• Troubleshoot problem areas and report to Plant Management.
• Interact with Planning and Production to ensure any changes in production requirements are flowed down to suppliers.
• Liaise with planners to control scheduling of parts to ensure stock levels meet demands while staying within stock level buffers.
• Review Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs)/Withhold tags written against suppliers and relays such information to them with corrective action. Works with Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) / Supplier Development Engineer (SDE) and Quality Engineer (QE) to achieve timely completion of Supplier root cause and corrective action determination.
• Update suppliers with engineering changes and drawings.
• Coordinate with Supplier Quality and Quality Assurance to ensure that all suppliers are in good standing on the approved supplier list.
• Track material procurement status of all projects for progress, schedule, and performance; prepares and communicates information to all necessary personnel on pertinent issues and concerns regarding…