Aerospace Purchasing Coordinator

Northwood Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space is seeking a highly organized Purchasing Coordinator to join our growing Supply Chain team. You will execute day-to-day procurement activities, ensure materials and services are purchased accurately, delivered on time, and available to support production, engineering, and customer commitments.

This role partners with Buyers, Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Inventory, Quality, Receiving, and Finance to resolve disputes, improve supplier performance, and maintain data

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of purchasing, procurement, supply chain, operations, or administrative experience.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Create, issue, revise, and maintain purchase orders in accordance with approved requisitions while ensuring accuracy and timely processing within the ERP system
• Manage supplier communications by obtaining order acknowledgements, confirming pricing and lead times, monitoring shipment status, expediting critical materials, and proactively resolving delivery risks
• Track supplier performance, including quality, on-time delivery, responsiveness, and cost, and support continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers
• Maintain accurate supplier master data, pricing, lead times, and purchasing records while supporting supplier onboarding and vendor compliance activities.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Inventory, Quality, Receiving, and Finance to ensure material availability and resolve purchasing, receiving, quality, and invoice discrepancies
• Support sourcing activities by assisting with RFQs, supplier research, quote analysis, and supplier selection recommendations

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Purchasing experience

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

SQL

MS Excel

Job description

Northwood Space is seeking a highly organized Purchasing Coordinator to join our growing Supply Chain team. You will execute day-to-day procurement activities, ensure materials and services are purchased accurately, delivered on time, and available to support production, engineering, and customer commitments.

This role partners with Buyers, Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Inventory, Quality, Receiving, and Finance to resolve disputes, improve supplier performance, and maintain data