Buyer 2 Job field : Purchasing Location : Carson , California , United States Contract type : Permanent Contract duration : Full-time Required degree : Bachelor's Degree Required experience : More than 3 years Salary range : $84,920 - $94,350 USD \# 2024-145747 Apply with one click Any questions ? **Job Description** POWERED BY TEAMWORK. Are you ready to be part of a team that drives big ideas and even bigger wins? At Safran, we believe in the power of both collaboration and individual contributions. We understand that it takes diverse perspectives, problem-solving skills, dependability, and trust to push each other forward and achieve great success. For us, working here is more than just a job; it's a passion. There's the unique opportunity to lead the way in aerospace and defense and contribute to creating a safer and more sustainable world. We trust our employees to bring bold ideas to build the future of aerospace together, contributing to our ranking by TIME as the leading Aerospace & Defense company on the 2023 World's Best Companies list (#59 on the full list). Join our team and become part of the group that's making amazing things happen on the ground and in the skies. Together, we'll proudly step back and say, “We did that." In the role of Buyer 2 you'll play a pivotal part on our purchasing team. Responsible for intelligent and active management of assigned suppliers. Drive timely resolution of all business, delivery, and quality issues with associated accounts to ensure customer deliveries are met. Negotiate pricing and terms and conditions of ongoing production orders to ensure quality, delivery, and specification requirements are met at the lowest possible cost. Expedite (or de-expedite) material orders to ensure timely and economical completion of customer requirements, while protecting inventory levels. This position contributes to our vision by: • Actively monitor and manage supplier delivery and quality performance, take appropriate action for Supplier Performance Improvement Plans when Supplier falls below acceptable thresholds. • Become intimately familiar with any quality or delivery issues affecting supplier performance, and perform a leadership role driving cross-functional teams as necessary for timely and intelligent resolution of issues. • Monitor open orders and shortage lists and expedite Supplier deliveries to meet Customer/MRP demand. Report concise detailed status to all affected parties. • Monitor MRP system for PO Proposals, and places timely, intelligent, well planned production PO's that ensure regular delivery while meeting target inventory levels. • Negotiate price and other contractual terms (quantity, delivery, quality, freight routings) to minimize overall cost of procured items to ZWWS. • Initiate and manage problem free sourcing of existing parts to other approved Suppliers if present Supplier is noncompetitive, or incapable of supporting requirements. • Constructively Interface with all necessary internal departments (Operations, Engineering, Finance, Quality, Receiving, Programs, etc.) to resolve Supplier related issues. • Submit Purchase Orders and coordinate administrative changes for all reschedules and/or drawing or technical changes. **Complementary Description** Safran Cabin headquarters are in Huntington Beach, California, with a global presence of over 11,000 employees at 36 sites. Site locations are in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Germany, France, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Tunisia and Thailand. Safran Cabin serves over 400 airlines and leasing companies globally and delivers to all airframe OEM manufacturers with a heritage spanning over 80 years in the industry. Discover Safran Cabin through our videos: Safran Cabin (safran-group.com) • Your Career: Safran is committed to providing internal mobility to our employees. We operate globally so the sky is the limit of where your Safran journey can take you. • Your Development: Safran employees have free access to Safran University courses and external tuition reimbursement for approved programs or certifications. • Your Benefits: Our suite of comprehensive benefits include health care (medical, dental and vision), life insurance, 401(k) savings plans with company match, paid time off, Safran Perks with BenefitHub – Employee Discounts & Rewards Marketplace for consumer products/services and more! The expected salary range for this position is between $84,920 - $94,350 USD. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. **Job Requirements** At Safran Cabin, diversity & inclusion is a source of richness that adds quality of life, performance, and innovation. We welcome diverse contributions and provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, disability/medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic characteristics or information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. We seek service-oriented team players with strong interpersonal skills and a positive attitude, adaptable to our innovative and evolving environment. Across all team members, we are looking for the following attributes: • Team oriented • Process focused • Open & honest communication • Quality minded • Ability to persevere and honor commitments • Recognizes success • Executes with urgency • Creates solutions • Customer focused in everything we do Qualifications: A. Ability to organize and manage meetings to resolve various issues including specifications, engineering requirements, and risk mitigation. B. Experience with purchasing a wide range of products in the Aerospace Industry, demonstrating knowledge of industry specific procurement requirements. C. Understanding of Supply Chain Management operational concepts surrounding purchasing, logistics, incoming product inspection and inventory control D. Demonstrates understanding of MRP systems to analyze and react to procurement demand and execute and manage purchase orders. E. General technical knowledge of commodities to be managed, including familiarity of key technical parameters and ability to understand and navigate through supporting technical documentation, such as drawings or specifications. F. Practiced and effective negotiation skills. G. Ability to create and present models or summarized data for decision making (using standard office suite of products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)) H. Comprehension of general Aerospace Quality Management System requirements This job posting has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group. **Specificity of the job** Local travel is expected. Travel may be required for some international suppliers & sourcing strategies develop. Safran is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.