Senior Buyer Global Supply Chain Manager

Skills

About the Role

You will own end-to-end procurement for active programs while building sourcing strategies, supplier networks, and scalable processes. You will convert BOMs into purchase orders, manage suppliers and purchasing data, negotiate agreements, control supply risk, and ensure quality and export-compliance requirements are met.

Requirements

• 7+ years of procurement, purchasing, or supply-management experience for electromechanical hardware
• At least 3 years in a senior buyer, commodity manager, or supply manager role
• Experience in contract manufacturing or a high-mix, low-volume production environment
• Hands-on buying experience across electronic components, PCBAs, cable and harnesses, and machined and sheet-metal parts
• Working knowledge of AS9100 or ISO 9001 purchasing requirements
• Familiarity with ITAR/EAR and DFARS requirements
• U.S. person status required under ITAR
• Proven negotiation experience on price, lead time, and terms
• ERP/MRP and advanced spreadsheet skills
• Ability to read engineering drawings and BOMs and discuss specifications with engineers

Responsibilities

• Own purchasing for high-mix, low-volume electromechanical builds
• Convert customer BOMs and quotes into purchase orders with complete requirements and flow-downs
• Run expedites, shortage management, and allocation calls
• Manage customer-furnished material and customer-directed suppliers
• Maintain purchasing data in the ERP
• Build and maintain the Approved Supplier List
• Evaluate, qualify, and onboard suppliers under AS9100 purchasing procedures
• Develop a domestic and allied-nation supplier base
• Negotiate pricing, long-term agreements, blanket orders, consignment, and VMI programs
• Track supplier performance and drive supplier corrective actions
• Identify supply, obsolescence, and geopolitical risks and establish alternates
• Prevent counterfeit parts and enforce traceability and certificates of conformance
• Ensure compliance with ITAR/EAR, DFARS, cybersecurity flow-downs, and country-of-origin rules
• Select and configure procurement tools, MRP logic, and supplier portals
• Provide cost and lead-time data for DFM and quoting
• Support supply planning for factory build-out
• Write procurement playbooks and mentor future buyers and planners

Benefits

• Equity compensation for eligible roles, subject to Board of Director approval
• Comprehensive health coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Generous PTO