Sr Buyer - East Granby, CT at Adecco

Senior Buyer - East Granby, CT $100,000k - $120,000k Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401K with match

Job Description:

• Managing supply chain material readiness, negotiating with suppliers, analyzing costs, and ensuring on-time delivery of goods.
• Work closely with Engineering, Sourcing, and Manufacturing teams to understand material requirements, and lead times. If you are a motivated, career-minded individual ready to apply your supply chain and critical thinking skills in a fast-paced environment, please submit your resume for further consideration.

Core Responsibilities:

• Manage all purchasing requirements and exception messages driven by ERP.
• Lead "Make vs. Buy" analyses in collaboration with manufacturing & engineering.
• Negotiate and administer Long Term Agreements (LTA's) working close with central commodity team.
• Driving Purchase Price Variance (PPV), cost avoidance and cost savings initiatives.
• Request quotes from suppliers (cost and lead time) based on supplier capabilities and inclusion on Approved Vendor List.
• Obtain Quality approvals for specific part/operation/process prior to transmitting purchase orders to suppliers.
• Manage purchase orders to ensure date accuracy is maintained and correct information flows through ERP system to supplier scorecards.
• Manage supplier performance to drive execution required by internal build plan.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risk - tracking expected supplier's deliveries.
• Mentor junior buyers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high-performance negotiation within the team.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.
• High attention to detail and quality in all aspects of work.
• Previous experience with ERP systems.
• Ability to react quickly to schedule changes and re-prioritize parts at vendors.
• Investigate ways to reduce overall costs for the organization by identifying potential new suppliers as well as collaborating with existing suppliers and internal stakeholders on other opportunities such as lot sizing.
• Demonstrates strong time management skills with the ability to effectively coordinate multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are essential to ensure that concise and timely information is shared with all internal/external stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently.
• Considered highly desirable:
• Prior experience with castings, forgings, building to print and outside services in a aerospace manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated ability to use technology effectively and efficiently to manage both individual workload and documents in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and ability to create documents, reports and briefing materials in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

Education Requirements:

• BS Degree Supply Chain, Logistics, or Business preferred.

If you meet the above qualifications and would like to apply for this position, please click APPLY NOW and upload your most current resume or you may email your resume to our recruiter, Dee Shider at; Please include "SR Buyer" on the subject line of any e-mail correspondence. Questions regarding this position can be addressed by emailing. Thank you in advance for applying, however, only qualified candidates will be contacted. The Adecco Group is a Fortune Global 500 company and the global leader in Human Resource Solutions. Our group connects over 700,000 associates with our business clients each day through our 6,600 offices in over 70 countries and territories around the world. We offer employment opportunities at any stage in your Professional Career. For great opportunities near you, go to today! Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit

Pay Details: $100,000.00 to $120,000.00 per year

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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