Buyer

Summary:The buyer is responsible for identifying and procuring goods and services that the organization requires. They identify external material needs of the organization find services providers who can supply these goods negotiate for prices and arrange for the purchase and delivery of the goodsDuties and Responsibilities: Ensure that raw materials component parts and outsourced parts are available for order fulfillment and production (both internally and at contract processors) to meet customer delivery schedules and delivery customer service levels at the lowest total costReceive and evaluates proposals from potential suppliers develops negotiation plans and with management approval completes negotiationsQualify and approve vendors and coordinates the authorization of purchase ordersReview contractual terms and conditions offered to and requested by suppliers to ensure the companys best interests are protectedResolve sub-par quality or delivery timing in an expedient mannerDevelop and maintains competitive sources for materials supplies and servicesCoordinate source selection decisions with other company requirements as requiredDevelop and maintains good supplier relations by adhering to high standards of business ethics and fair dealingCoordinate engineering manufacturing and quality control requirements with suppliersPerform cost/price analyses to advise management of potential savings and establish negotiation goalsConsistently adheres to AS9100 and ISO quality standardsWork under general supervision performs the wide range of assignments using mature judgment and expertise to develop solutions to specified problemsMonitor vendor performance and processes credit applicationsPerform other duties as and Work Experience:Bachelors degree preferred. Five to ten years of experience in an equivalent position. American Purchasing Society Certifications CPP CPPM or CPM desirableKnowledge of Global Shop IFS and/or other MRP/ERP working within an ISO quality plan a Authorization/Security Clearance Requirements:N/AKnowledge Skills and Abilities:List of needed knowledge skills and abilities to successfully accomplish the duties and responsibilities of the day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing in a high energy high volume rapidly changing multitask and manage multiple large to small projects in a cross functional personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work and achieves thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas and effective communication skills in both written and spoken how to use the computers including such tasks as turning the computer on and off locating and opening files navigate to websites perform searches and download of computer applications including email databases word-processing program and spreadsheets (such as Microsoft Office).Provide excellent service to internal and external that decisions are made based on policies rules and organizational directives to solve emerging negotiation skills and ability to explain products to an customer relationships and maintains those and diagnose problems and works independently to solve to manage own time priorities and resources to achieve collaboratively and build strategic relations with colleagues coworkers and effectively with different levels of management team members and of raw materials production processes quality control costs and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of of strategic supply-chain activities such as supply planning sourcing contracts and supplier performance to earn trust maintain positive and professional relationships and contribute to a culture of Conditions:Environment Type:Indoor. Production and office environment. Temperature controlled unless products and/or equipment is located Types:Dirt dust grease and/or oilNoisy environmentWork Hours:Standard work schedule overtime may be necessary for meeting deadlines and emergent Requirements:This position may involve travel up to 10% of the Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this work that includes moving objects up to 20 pinching typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in periods sitting at a desk and working on a motions that may include the wrists hands and/or fingers. AIT Safety - AIT enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements. All employees that work in or enter the production environment are required to wear personal protective Quality - It is our policy to provide quality products and services that meet customer expectations and delivery requirements. Accordingly each employee must conform to the AIT Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable AIT Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities. AIT Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read understand and implement the general and specific operational safety quality and environmental requirements of all plans procedures and policies pertaining to his/her Clearance Statement - This position may require a government security clearance; you must be a US Citizen for Requirements - To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) applicants for employment at AIT must be a U.S. citizen or national lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e. current green card holder) or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1157-1158. Equal Employment Opportunity - AIT is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to attracting retaining and developing a highly qualified diverse and dedicated work force. AIT hires and promotes people based on their qualifications performance and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that nurtures trust equality and teamwork in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire promotion and other terms and conditions of employment regardless of their race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin/ethnicity age physical or mental disability genetic factors military/veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by federal state and/or local law. Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation -Applicants wishing to view a copy of AIT s Affirmative Action Plans or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process please contact us at