Office Administrator (Purchasing Dept)

Preligens; Carson (CA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading aerospace and defense company as a Purchasing Administrator. In this role, you will support the Supply Chain team by managing office services, organizing operations, and planning events. Your contributions will help drive efficiency and employee engagement in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years related experience required.
• Intermediate/advanced Microsoft Office skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Maintain office services and administrate key activities.
• Organize office operations and procedures.
• Plan events and manage invitations.

Skills

Team oriented

Process focused

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Customer oriented

Education

High School Diploma/GED Equivalent

Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Job description

Purchasing Administrator

Published 05.09.2025

Company : Safran Cabin Job field : Purchasing Location : Carson , California , United States Contract type : Permanent Contract duration : Full-time Required degree : High School Diploma/GED Equivalent Required experience : More than 3 years Professional status : Administrative staff Salary range : $23/hr - $26/hr

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Published 05.09.2025

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 Purchasing Administrator you'll play a pivotal part on our Supply Chain team.

- The Administrative Assistant maintains office services and administrates key activities to allow the business to run efficiently and promote employee engagement.
- This individual works with key business leaders to help organize office operations and procedures, control correspondence, administrate supply requisitions, plan various meetings and events, and monitor clerical functions.
- Perform small and large-scale event planning, including scheduling of space and equipment, manage invitations for attendees, catering orders, room set-up, clean up and recording of receipts for accounting purposes. Communicate events via email to companywide distributions.

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

Requirements

- High school graduate or General Education Degree (GED) and 3-5 years related experience (bachelor's degree preferred)
- Intermediate or Advanced level – Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel
- Knowledge of Safran Business (preferred)
- Internal and External communication
- Knowledge of legal principles
- Ability to provide accurate information
- Ability to react promptly
- Ability to report effectively
- Ability to handle IT and paper information
- Organization skills
- Continuous Improvement
- Microsoft Office
- SAP (preferred)
- Flexibility
- Communication skills
- Responsiveness / Customer Oriented
- Organizational skills
- Project/Event Planning
- Autonomy

Company Information

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Cabin designs, certifies, manufactures and supports innovative aircraft cabin interiors, equipment and systems, providing airlines and OEM Customers with distinctive aircraft branding, and their passengers with a safe, comfortable and enjoyable flying experience.

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