Strategic Buyer – Capital Equipment & Automation

Ralliant; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralliant is seeking a Strategic Buyer, Advanced Manufacturing to combine procurement and project-management responsibilities for capital equipment, automation, and related investments. This 100% onsite role will own commercial execution from RFP/RFQ through purchase order placement, supplier milestones, installation, and acceptance.

You will partner with engineering, facilities, quality, operations, and finance to balance technical needs with cost, schedule, and risk while driving milestones and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; field of study is flexible.
• Typically 5-7 years of relevant experience in advanced manufacturing procurement, capital-equipment buying, equipment integration, project procurement, strategic sourcing, or related manufacturing programs.
• Demonstrated experience purchasing capital equipment and/or custom engineered, one-off, prototype, or engineered-to-order solutions in an advanced or complex manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated project or program management experience supporting equipment, facility, manufacturing-capability, or other complex implementation projects.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead RFQs, complex supplier negotiations, supplier selection, and end-to-end purchasing execution.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience negotiating pricing, payment terms, warranties, service/maintenance terms, contractual provisions, change orders, and supplier commitments.
• Proven ability to manage project milestones, supplier deliverables, schedule risk, scope changes, cost impacts, and corrective actions.
• Strong supplier-performance and risk-management capability across cost, quality, delivery, capacity, responsiveness, and business continuity.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and Outlook, with the ability to organize and analyze data and communicate clear recommendations.
• Ability to work independently, ask effective questions, build relationships across functions, influence without direct authority, and operate successfully in an ambiguous and evolving environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to provide concise executive-level project and risk updates.
• Ability to work 100% onsite, Monday through Friday and travel up to 25% based on business and project needs.

Responsibilities

• Own procurement and commercial execution for capital equipment, automation, equipment upgrades, custom one-off solutions, prototypes, engineered assemblies, and related advanced-manufacturing investments.
• Lead RFQ/RFQ development, bid analysis, supplier evaluation and selection, SOW support, commercial negotiations, purchase order placement, and implementation activities.
• Take accountability for supplier selection and ensure sourcing decisions balance technical requirements, total cost, schedule, quality, capacity, serviceability, and business risk.
• Manage equipment integrators and specialized OEMs responsible for designing, assembling, delivering, installing, and commissioning complex manufacturing systems and production equipment.
• Drive project milestones and supplier deliverables from award through completion, including schedule recovery, scope management, change control, cost impacts, risk mitigation, and escalation when commitments are at risk.
• Maintain accountability for project purchasing documentation and material requirements, including BOMs, purchase orders, milestones, progress reporting, risk visibility, and supplier deliverables.
• Partner with technical stakeholders to interpret and communicate equipment requirements and appropriately challenge specifications, supplier assumptions, SOW scope, cost, schedule, and change orders.
• Coordinate FAT/SAT planning and completion with the appropriate technical resources and ensure suppliers meet contractual, technical, safety, and operational requirements.
• Negotiate and manage commercial terms including pricing, payment terms, warranty coverage, service and maintenance requirements, spare parts/MRO needs, liability considerations, lead times, and supplier commitments; partner with Legal on complex contractual matters.
• Provide concise project reporting, risk visibility, recommendations, and executive-level updates for assigned equipment and capital projects.
• Manage supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, capacity, responsiveness, and overall business risk, and drive corrective actions when performance does not meet expectations.
• Perform supplier due diligence and support supplier onboarding, capability assessments, compliance validation, transitions, second-source qualification, capacity actions, and continuity/risk mitigation initiatives as needed.
• Develop fact-based recommendations using spend, cost, market, supplier, and total-cost-of-ownership analysis and identify opportunities for cost reduction, cost avoidance, and stronger commercial terms.
• Maintain strong purchasing discipline and hands-on tactical execution, ensuring purchase orders, pricing, lead times, documentation, and supplier commitments are accurate and actively managed through completion.
• Independently manage multiple complex priorities, build effective cross-functional networks, identify process gaps, and help establish scalable procurement practices for a growing Advanced Manufacturing organization.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Project management

Negotiation

Independent problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Ralliant is seeking a Strategic Buyer, Advanced Manufacturing to combine procurement and project-management responsibilities for capital equipment, automation, and related investments. This 100% onsite role will own commercial execution from RFP/RFQ through purchase order placement, supplier milestones, installation, and acceptance.

You will partner with engineering, facilities, quality, operations, and finance to balance technical needs with cost, schedule, and risk while driving milestones and