Senior Buyer – Aerospace Procurement & Supplier Leadership

GKN Aerospace; Wellington (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GKN Aerospace seeks a Senior Buyer responsible for local commercial management and non-strategic sourcing across a geographic area, including site clusters. You will oversee in-contract changes, transfers, and new product sourcing to ensure competitive pricing in line with the aerospace commodity strategy.

You will manage supplier delivery, support RFQ/RFP processes, and drive global/regional agreement implementation while maintaining PO to Schedule transitions and ITAR compliance.

Qualifications

• BSc degree, or equivalent in a Business, Engineering, Science or in lieu of a degree 5 years experience
• Minimum of 5 years relevant business experience
• Previous experience in Procurement / Commercial roles
• Previous experience with MRP
• Previous experience with domestic or International supply base
• Demonstrated ability to build relations with a supplier network
• Leadership to work with cross functional teams

Responsibilities

• Senior Buyer for a geographic area, overseeing a cluster of sites
• Report procurement activity and conduct site reviews
• Interface between programme and commodity management for new sourcing and change programmes
• Support RFQ/RFP processes using E-Sourcing tools
• Assist with part transfers and industrialisation
• Manage transfers through to FAI
• Drive adoption of global/regional agreements
• Oversee PO to Schedule transfers and negotiations for movement to consignment/DLF
• Ensure cost, quality and delivery objectives are met on all PO demands
• Oversee site procurement change control, export control and ITAR compliance
• Maintain site BOM integrity and data
• Communicate customer materials, pricing and skyline forecasts to suppliers
• Support cost reduction opportunities and supplier development plans
• Monitor supplier risk using Dunn & Bradstreet data
• Manage Raw Material Inventory levels related to programme targets
• Resolve invoicing and pricing queries
• Escalate cost/contractual issues with suppliers as needed

Skills

Supplier relations

Cross-functional leadership

Negotiation

Education

BSc degree or equivalent in Business/Engineering/Science

Job description

GKN Aerospace seeks a Senior Buyer responsible for local commercial management and non-strategic sourcing across a geographic area, including site clusters. You will oversee in-contract changes, transfers, and new product sourcing to ensure competitive pricing in line with the aerospace commodity strategy.

You will manage supplier delivery, support RFQ/RFP processes, and drive global/regional agreement implementation while maintaining PO to Schedule transitions and ITAR compliance.