Buyer

Bombardier's Business Aircraft London Service Centre; Westerham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Bombardier's Business Aircraft London Service Centre in Biggin Hill seeks a purchasing/inventory professional to support maintenance operations. You will manage purchase orders, coordinate with external vendors for overhaul and repair, track materials and tools, and ensure timely delivery in a fast-growing European network.

You will apply knowledge of aviation parts terminology, logistics processes, and EWIS/CDCCL where relevant, while maintaining adherence to MOE procedures and warranty

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Purchasing or Inventory Management required.
• Experience in aviation or material/parts environment.
• Knowledge of aircraft parts terminology.
• Knowledge of human factors, human performance and limitations.
• Knowledge of logistics processes.
• EWIS and CDCCL knowledge where relevant.
• Computer skills to learn and/or use required.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to Bombardier's Maintenance Organization Procedures and MOE guidelines.
• Attend kick-off meetings and prepare purchase orders; arrange slots with vendors for overhaul/repair.
• Track materials, tools and ground support equipment for recertification and maintenance schedules; ensure tool calibration.
• Identify alternate/superseded part numbers.
• Schedule critical paths and assign priorities for parts.
• Determine priority items to ensure timely delivery and availability.
• Coordinate repair and overhaul quotes and lead times.
• Place purchase orders; ensure supplier conformance to requirements.
• Consider warranty and special programs when obtaining parts.

Skills

Logistics processes

Human factors knowledge

Aircraft parts terminology

EWIS/CDCCL knowledge

Inventory management experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Purchasing or Inventory Management

Tools

SAP

Job description

Bombardier's Business Aircraft London Service Centre in Biggin Hill is part of an award-winning network and is the flagship of Bombardier's European operation. This Base and Line Maintenance Centre is the fastest-growing Service Centre in Europe and the largest Business Aircraft OEM in the UK. The facility has the capabilities to perform an array of maintenance checks, modifications and upgrades all from this site. Only 14 miles from London, Bombardier's Biggin Hill Service Centre is ideally located to support operators in the UK region and beyond.

What are your contributions to the team?

• Adhere to Bombardiers Maintenance Organization Procedures, among which the relevant parts of the MOE and applicable work instructions.
• Attend kick-off (pre-input) meetings and pro-actively prepare purchase orders and arrange slots with external vendors for the overhaul and repair of aircraft units and parts.
• Track materials, tools and ground support equipment for the purpose of recertification and maintenance
  schedulesEnsure timely calibration of tools.
• Identify alternate and superseded part numbers.
• Identify and schedule critical paths and assign priorities.
• Determine priority items to ensure parts are delivered on time and are readily available.
• Coordinate repair and overhaul quotes and lead times.
• Place purchase orders and ensure that purchased parts, materials, consumables, standard tools, special tools, ground support equipment or services are conforming to specified purchase requirements.
• Take into account warranty and special programs, when obtaining parts, spares or services from the proper supplier.
• Ensure that parts/maintenance/overhauls are ordered only at suppliers/(sub)contractors on the ASL.
• Arrange and track shipments with forwarders.
• Generate purchase order requests through the P/O system in SAP and to monitor timely deliveryTrack incoming orders and report the status immediately to the Project Responsible and the Project Manager.
• Monitor timely deliveries and inform the Material
  Supervisor if orders are delayed ('constraints').
• Handle core and warranty issues and programs.
• In conjunction with the Material Handler monitor and re-order consumables suing min/max principles to ensure stock outages are minimized on high turnover items.
• Ensure the timely acquisition of parts, materials and tooling needed to service the customer aircraft by planning and forecasting requirements and coordinating acquisition with suppliers and stores personnel.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

How to thrive in this role?

• You a Bachelor's degree (or work level) in Purchasing or Inventory Management
• You have experience in aviation or material/parts environment
• You have basic knowledge of aircraft parts and terminology
• You are knowledgeable on, and practicing of, human factors, human performance and limitations
• You have knowledge of and experience with logistics processes
• You are knowledgeable on EWIS and CDCCL when relevant (e.g. tooling requirements)
• You have computer skills necessary to learn and/or