Purchasing Agent - Aviation

Future Aviation Inc.; Fort Myers (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Future Aviation, Inc., a HEICO Corporation Repair Group facility located in Southwest Florida and Fort Myers, is seeking a Purchasing Agent to join our team. The role focuses on order placement, expediting, price negotiations, vendor relationships, and inventory level planning.

You will work in Purchasing, handling purchase orders, supplier management, and data analysis to improve processes and ensure on-time deliveries.

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing materials and supplier negotiations.
• Ability to manage purchase orders and related documentation.
• Familiarity with ERP systems and inventory control.

Responsibilities

• Control the materials logistics flow from order placement to shelf inventory.
• Develop relationships with suppliers and manage delivery schedules.
• Negotiate with manufacturers and distributors to meet cost and delivery goals.
• Achieve lowest possible cost balancing quality and schedule.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders and change notices.
• Maintain timely order documentation and records.
• Maintain vendor notes and delivery dates in ERP.
• Review past order history in ERP.
• Communicate requirements to internal customers and provide order status.
• Maintain backorder log and seek expedite and alternate sourcing.
• Generate, manipulate, and analyze data to support best-practice purchasing.

Skills

Vendor management

Price negotiations

Expediting

Inventory management

ERP systems

Data analysis

Sourcing

Communication

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Future Aviation, Inc., a HEICO Corporation (NYSE: HEI) Repair Group facility, located in Southwest Florida, is the largest independent regional airline component MRO facility in the industry. We are currently seeking a Purchasing Agent to join our team.

The Purchasing Agent will work within the Purchasing Department focusing on order placement, expediting and tracking, price negotiations, vendor relationships, process improvements, and aid in determining the appropriate inventory levels based on the products life cycle

Essential Functions include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Control the materials logistics flow from order placement to parts on the shelf (inventory) for Future Aviation Inc. in support of all operational processes performed within.
• Develop relationships with worldwide network of suppliers and manage the material delivery schedules to ensure on-time execution and superior quality.
• Negotiate with manufacturers and distributors to support purchasing goals to achieve cost savings and timely deliveries.
• Achieve lowest possible cost for material, balanced against optimum quality and schedule needs.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders and purchase order change notices and acknowledgements for parts, materials, services, supplies, and miscellaneous expenses.
• Maintain timely control of orders, amendments, shipping notices, and other required documentation to assure orderly administration and retention of records.
• Maintain detailed vendor notes and delivery dates in company’s internal ERP system.
• Review and track past order history through company’s internal ERP system.
• Communicate requirements and updates to internal customers, and interface with Customer Service and Shop personnel to provide order status updates.
• Maintain running log of backorders and continuously review for expedite and alternative sourcing solutions, in support of critical customer requirements.
• Generate, manipulate, and analyze data to facilitate best practice purchasing.

Requirements

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear; and occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The associate must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic).

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Overtime work may be required as job duties demand.

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or on any other basis prohibited by law.