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Curtiss-Wright Corporation · 3 days ago

Purchasing Manager

Aston, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$115K/yr - $130K/yr

5+ years exp

Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a world leader in emergency arresting systems for military aircraft, and they are seeking a Purchasing Manager to oversee all aspects of site purchasing. This role involves managing procurement activities, optimizing inventory levels, and ensuring compliance with US federal acquisition regulations while leading a team of buyers.

AerospaceCommercialManufacturing

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Ensures material receipts support the Plan, and optimizes inventory levels vs. material costs

Manages within the ERP / MRP master schedule and maintains accuracy of the plan. Monitors all exception messages and drives plan exceptions to a minimum

Sets high standards of ethics and performance for the procurement team reporting to this role. Trains and develop the team to continually improve

Leads process changes / improvements in alignment with corporate purchasing process requirements including documentation, implementation, compliance, and KPI implementation

Drives supplier performance improvement as measured on scorecards, and actively manages supplier quality issues through a thorough root cause and corrective action methodology

Writes and reviews purchase contracts (particularly Long Term Agreement (“LTA’s”) and major subcontracts which may be required on occasion) and understands contract terms and conditions required to comply with company requirements and adequately protect the business

Sets procurement guidelines for purchase order placement, including commodity groupings / minimum buy levels to optimize inventory vs. purchase cost

Oversee buyers and controls purchase agreements in alignment with delegation of authority levels

Reviews market, price, delivery conditions and trends to determine present and future material availability

Provides guidance and support to department personnel accordingly

Measures supplier performance to corporate standard scorecard / KPIs and maintains ongoing initiative to improve supplier performance to minimum standards of performance

Leads key negotiations to ensure improvements in purchase price variances to standard for direct spend items, and indirect spend item cost reductions

Manages purchasing exceptions (planned early and late receipts) to minimize plan misalignment

Drives supplier continuous improvement with supplier quality engineering, which may report directly, or indirectly, to the purchasing manager

Drives supplier escapes to closure using strong root cause and corrective action methods

Qualification

Purchasing managementERP softwareData analyticsSupplier quality engineeringContract negotiationTeam developmentMarket analysisEffective communicationLeadership skills