Senior Procurement Mechanical Engineer

DEDIENNE AEROSPACE; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Excellent benefits package

US work eligibility

Job summary

DEDIENNE AEROSPACE is seeking a Procurement Engineer to monitor order placement with suppliers, collaborate with the purchasing team, and ensure on-time delivery while aligning with production and quality requirements. You will manage program indicators and provide reporting in coordination with the program's customer manager.

You will collaborate with departments from production to sales and the design office, supporting stock management and continuous improvement of inventory criteria and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical or industrial engineering.
• 2–4 years of purchasing-related experience or demonstrated knowledge, skills and abilities.
• International trading and logistics.
• Bilingual English‑French or English‑Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate terms and deadlines with suppliers on certain families of purchases.
• Coordinate physical flows of materials to satisfy service demands of customers and suppliers.
• Estimate quantities to order based on stock levels, forecasts, order frequency and supplier lead times.
• Ensure receipt of orders and compliance with specifications.
• Set up delivery schedules for suppliers and track orders to delivery.

Skills

Negotiation techniques

ERP software

MS Office

Purchasing procedures

Logistics tools

Industrial processes

Bilingual

Market knowledge

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

ERP software

Job description

As a procurement engineer, you monitor order placement with suppliers in collaboration with the purchasing team; you monitor manufacturing and ensure compliance with delivery deadlines; you monitor stock management of program products; and you provide proposals for the evolution of its management. You manage the program indicators and carry out customer reporting in collaboration with the program's customer manager. You are in contact and collaborate with the company's departments, from production to quality, including sales and the design office.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Negotiate terms and deadlines with suppliers on certain families of purchases.
• Ensure the coordination of the physical flows of materials, products, and tools to satisfy the continuous and constant demands of the services of customers and suppliers.
• Estimate the quantities of products to order based on the state of stocks, flow forecasts, the periodicity of orders, and delivery times from suppliers.
• Ensure receipt of orders.
• Ensure compliance with specifications.
• Set up delivery schedules for suppliers.
• Have knowledge of precisely the needs of the perimeter, their evolution, and their scheduling.
• Follow up on orders until delivery.
• Supervise any disputes.
• Continuously update the supplier database by integrating new market data.
• Be a force of proposal on the evolution of inventory management criteria: increase / decrease in breakage thresholds and launch quantity.
• Be a force for proposal on the stock management of new products or stop management on the stock of poorly sold references.
• Perform and keep up to date the program and supplier management indicators.
• Ensure customer reporting, both in terms of product delivery planning and activity reporting.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge of the purchasing and supply procedures.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office software: Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Knowledge of ERP software.
• Knowledge of the entire industrial process and the needs of each workshop.
• Knowledge of the materials, the products, and the different parts.
• Knowledge of negotiation techniques.
• Master logistics tools.
• Knowledge of the market.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Flexible, enthusiastic self-starter, able to work with minimum supervision.
• Continuous performance, improvement mindset, and the ability to lead and inspire change.
• Learns quickly, grasps the ‘essence of what is happening’, and can change the course quickly.
• Builds strong relationships with peers and partners outside of the team to enable higher performance.
• Strong organizational and management skills.
• Openly considers the ideas of others, analyzes, and develops innovations into reality.
• Ability to handle many conflicting priorities.
• Initiative and results-driven.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical or industrial engineering.
• Minimum of 2-4 years of purchasing-related experience or demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the above-mentioned tasks.
• International trading and logistics.
• Bilingual (English-French or English-Spanish).
• Competitive salary package.
• Excellent benefits package.
• Eligible to work for any employer within the US.
• Employment is contingent upon the satisfactory outcome of pre-employment screening activities, including a background check.