Buyer/Planner
Core
Procurement specialist responsible for sourcing strategies, supplier negotiation, and purchase order management to ensure program schedules, cost, quality, and delivery targets are met.
Role type
Buyer/Planner
Builds
Component kits and assemblies for motion control systems
Domain
Aerospace and Defense
Required skills
Sourcing strategy, supplier negotiation, purchase order management, supplier performance management, data-driven analysis, forecasting, cross-functional collaboration (via careerplan.io/jobs/R-26-20377-1-buyerplanner-at-moog)
Preferred skills
PowerBI, lean manufacturing support, advanced degree, professional certifications
Responsibilities
Creating and executing sourcing strategies for assigned commodity/categories, Negotiating suppliers, pricing, and terms to achieve cost savings and risk reduction, Managing supplier performance, on-time delivery and quality metrics, Collaborating with shop planning, production, and engineering to support component gating and kit releases, Performing data-driven analyses and trend analysis to identify opportunities and forecast needs, Placing and expediting purchase orders; monitoring PO status and delivery dates
Seniority
Individual Contributor