Senior Buyer

Kaman Corporation; Westfield (CT); On-site; USD 84,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401k with employer matching

Generous Paid Time Off

Job summary

Precision Fuzing and Sensors in Middletown, CT is actively seeking a Senior Buyer with proven expertise in subcontracted materials and services of high value. The role focuses on developing specifications, negotiating terms, and administering supplier agreements to support defense and aerospace programs.

You will collaborate with internal teams, visit supplier facilities as needed, and ensure documentation supports government audits while maintaining supplier performance and delivery schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field.
• 7-10 years of related experience.
• Broad knowledge of procurement or contracts administration.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, schematics.
• Good oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop subcontract specifications, work statements and terms and conditions for the procurement of specific specialized commodities, prepare bid packages, conduct bidder’s conferences, analyze, and evaluate proposals.
• Negotiate complex subcontract provisions, including elements of cost negotiations.
• Develop new suppliers, write awards, and administer subsequent subcontracts.
• Negotiate and coordinate additions, deletions, or changes to subcontracts.
• Assist in the development of subcontract policies and procedures.
• Maintain effective liaison with suppliers/subcontractors and necessary company operating departments as to progress of materials, anticipated delivery schedules, etc.
• Visit national and/or international supplier facilities as necessary.
• Use automated information systems to produce and track purchase orders and related documentation.
• Ensure appropriate documentation is available to provide adequate support for government audit.
• Identify problem areas/issues; recommend and/or take corrective action.
• Make presentations to company management as required.
• May assign and direct the work of subordinate procurement personnel in department.
• Assist supervision in periodic performance evaluation of personnel assigned train subordinate members of the department.

Skills

Procurement

Vendor management

Negotiation

Contracts administration

Blueprint reading

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Sr. Buyer

Precision Fuzing and Sensors is actively hiring for a Senior Buyer in Middletown, CT. The ideal candidate will have experience in the procurement of subcontracted materials and services which are complex, unique or of high dollar value.

Responsibilities

• Develop subcontract specifications, work statements and terms and conditions for the procurement of specific specialized commodities, prepare bid packages, conduct bidder’s conferences, analyze, and evaluate proposals.
• Negotiate complex subcontract provisions, including elements of cost negotiations.
• Develop new suppliers, write awards, and administer subsequent subcontracts.
• Negotiate and coordinate additions, deletions, or changes to subcontracts.
• Assist in the development of subcontract policies and procedures.
• Maintain effective liaison with suppliers/subcontractors and necessary company operating departments as to progress of materials, anticipated delivery schedules, etc.
• Visit national and/or international supplier facilities as necessary.
• Use automated information systems to produce and track purchase orders and related documentation.
• Ensure appropriate documentation is available to provide adequate support for government audit.
• Identify problem areas/issues; recommend and/or take corrective action.
• Make presentations to company management as required.
• May assign and direct the work of subordinate procurement personnel in department.
• Assist supervision in periodic performance evaluation of personnel assigned train subordinate members of the department as necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a business or related field necessary.
• 7-10 years of related experience required.
• Broad knowledge of a specialized field such as procurement or contracts administration.
• Requires ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, schematics.
• Good oral and written communication skills.

Shift: 1st Shift Monday-Friday 6:30a-3:00p

Salaried Pay Range: $83,788 - $134,061

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• 401k with employer matching contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off

For more than 85 years, our team at Precision Fuzing and Sensors has designed, tested, and manufactured the fuzing and sensor systems that defense programs depend on — delivering mission-critical reliability from a single, vertically integrated facility in Middletown, Connecticut. Precision Fuzing & Sensors has spent more than eight decades at the forefront of fuzing technology for defense and aerospace applications, trusted by every branch of the U.S. military and allied nations across the globe.