Mechanical Buyer/Planner

The Role 

You will be responsible for several aspects of the critical supply chain organization. You will be responsible for finding, building, and managing the quality of parts running in our mechanical supply chains. Key skills will include technical procurement of mechanical and structural hardware and Bill of Material (BOM) management for owned assemblies. You will travel to suppliers in order to monitor progress and health while negotiating business contracts and price reductions over time to ensure strategic reductions in costs over time.  

Responsibilities 

Technical Procurement

• Source structural and mechanical hardware across the satellite often on expedited lead times  

• Negotiate costs and contracts with key suppliers  

• Manage supplier quality and deliveries to ensure mission success 

• Act as the primary interface between suppliers and internal customers including: supplier onboarding, evaluation, negotiation, and project management 

Material Planning 

• Manage Bill of Materials for mechanical and structural assemblies 

• Help implement the master planning schedule for high volume production 

• Lead clear to builds with engineering to ensure assembly milestones are completed to hit critical milestones 

• Develop internal analytics to track supply chain objectives 

Qualifications 

• 2+ years of experience in supply chain management or engineering in the aerospace industry 

• 2+ years of experience with commodities such as machined parts, heat pipes, capital equipment, aluminum honeycomb, tubes, tanks 

• Experience reading and interpreting technical engineering drawings  

• Strong understanding of inventory management 

• 2+ years managing bill of materials for mechanical assemblies 

• 1+ year of experience with SQL or other information processing software tool 

• Ability to collaborate in a cross-functional environment with engineering, production, and finance  

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time 

Nice to Have 

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, finance, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or mathematics 

• 3+ years of technical procurement experience 

• 3+ years in a new product introduction environment 

• Experience reading and interpreting technical engineering drawings  

• Experience implementing AS9100 or completing AS9100 audits 

Compensation and Benefits: 

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