VSE Aviation
Supervisor, Purchasing
SUMMARY:
The Purchasing Supervisor is responsible for developing, negotiating, and executing division sourcing agreements for specific spend categories. The primary responsibility of this position is to strategically manage suppliers, procurement, inventory, and planning activities that support the organization's delivery and costing goals.
Duties & Responsibilities
Perform supervisory duties for assigned team members. This may include conducting performance reviews, overseeing development, documenting attendance, submitting payroll information, and issuing corrective action to team members.
Cover for absent team members.
Ensure team members observe and comply with all company policies and procedures towards performance metrics and report progress.
Train, assist and supervise team members to ensure they follow the proper work procedures and practices.
Track and report on team member development and cross‑training.
Ensure team members have the appropriate qualifications before assigning them specific assignments.
Manage the scheduling of team members in support of the business.
Conduct department meetings and attend cross‑functional meetings to foster communication and to discuss improvement opportunities and new procedures.
Maintain, refine and/or suggest improvements within the area to meet customer requirements which include deadlines and quality standards.
Assist with developing and implementing performance measurements and auditing the processes to routinely evaluate operations efficiency and quality.
Lead procurement activities for the sourcing of materials, equipment, supplies and services of a highly specialized and complex nature based on project‑specific requirements and specifications.
Follow and execute established and approved procurement policies and procedures in order to provide the best value consistent with quality and service requirements while maintaining good supplier relations.
Analyze inventory levels to ensure that the correct inventory is being replenished.
Prepare / review proposals, develop evaluation criteria, select or recommend suppliers, create electronic purchase orders, file for review, prepare awards and administer resulting purchase orders. Negotiate additions, deletions or modifications to purchase orders and resolve invoicing issues.
Facilitate supplier engagement, management, development and production ramp‑up in addition to negotiating and ensuring compliance to high value/complex purchase orders.
Advise management of improvement potential on materials and equipment, price changes, quality changes and source changes.
Direct and coordinate the procurement of parts and materials to comply with customer production and regulatory requirements.
Responsible for reviewing pricing, evaluating costs, schedules, terms & conditions, etc. as well as preparing status reports, evaluating suppliers and other duties as needed.
Analyze price proposals, financial reports, and other information to determine reasonable prices.
Maintain and review records of items bought, costs, deliveries, product performance, and inventories.
Under supervision, prepares RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs for goods and services.
Evaluate supplier proposals and update ERP system to communicate current pricing & lead time data to customer service for final quote preparation to end customer for repair.
Places purchase orders for goods and services in support of the business plan.
Expedites purchase orders as required to support our customers.
Resolve issues pertaining to purchase orders: receiving, invoicing discrepancies and timely closure of purchase orders.
Interface with team members at many levels, up to and including middle management.
Receiving of repair order to facility – create work order, tag, deliver to production for evaluation.
Effectively negotiate price, quality, and delivery schedules to maximize cost savings.
Negotiate contracts.
Other duties as assigned.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job Function Purchasing and Supply Chain
Industries Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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The Purchasing Supervisor is responsible for developing, negotiating, and executing division sourcing agreements for specific spend categories. The primary responsibility of this position is to strategically manage suppliers, procurement, inventory, and planning activities that support the organization's delivery and costing goals.
Duties & Responsibilities
Perform supervisory duties for assigned team members. This may include conducting performance reviews, overseeing development, documenting attendance, submitting payroll information, and issuing corrective action to team members.
Cover for absent team members.
Ensure team members observe and comply with all company policies and procedures towards performance metrics and report progress.
Train, assist and supervise team members to ensure they follow the proper work procedures and practices.
Track and report on team member development and cross‑training.
Ensure team members have the appropriate qualifications before assigning them specific assignments.
Manage the scheduling of team members in support of the business.
Conduct department meetings and attend cross‑functional meetings to foster communication and to discuss improvement opportunities and new procedures.
Maintain, refine and/or suggest improvements within the area to meet customer requirements which include deadlines and quality standards.
Assist with developing and implementing performance measurements and auditing the processes to routinely evaluate operations efficiency and quality.
Lead procurement activities for the sourcing of materials, equipment, supplies and services of a highly specialized and complex nature based on project‑specific requirements and specifications.
Follow and execute established and approved procurement policies and procedures in order to provide the best value consistent with quality and service requirements while maintaining good supplier relations.
Analyze inventory levels to ensure that the correct inventory is being replenished.
Prepare / review proposals, develop evaluation criteria, select or recommend suppliers, create electronic purchase orders, file for review, prepare awards and administer resulting purchase orders. Negotiate additions, deletions or modifications to purchase orders and resolve invoicing issues.
Facilitate supplier engagement, management, development and production ramp‑up in addition to negotiating and ensuring compliance to high value/complex purchase orders.
Advise management of improvement potential on materials and equipment, price changes, quality changes and source changes.
Direct and coordinate the procurement of parts and materials to comply with customer production and regulatory requirements.
Responsible for reviewing pricing, evaluating costs, schedules, terms & conditions, etc. as well as preparing status reports, evaluating suppliers and other duties as needed.
Analyze price proposals, financial reports, and other information to determine reasonable prices.
Maintain and review records of items bought, costs, deliveries, product performance, and inventories.
Under supervision, prepares RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs for goods and services.
Evaluate supplier proposals and update ERP system to communicate current pricing & lead time data to customer service for final quote preparation to end customer for repair.
Places purchase orders for goods and services in support of the business plan.
Expedites purchase orders as required to support our customers.
Resolve issues pertaining to purchase orders: receiving, invoicing discrepancies and timely closure of purchase orders.
Interface with team members at many levels, up to and including middle management.
Receiving of repair order to facility – create work order, tag, deliver to production for evaluation.
Effectively negotiate price, quality, and delivery schedules to maximize cost savings.
Negotiate contracts.
Other duties as assigned.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job Function Purchasing and Supply Chain
Industries Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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