Strategic Commodity Buyer — Supply Chain

Ducommun Incorporated; Parsons (KS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ducommun Incorporated in Parsons, KS seeks a Commodity Buyer to manage PO placement, track and expedite orders, and uphold pricing contracts to meet sales and production demand. The role drives supplier negotiations, lead times, and supplier performance, while ensuring compliance with purchasing policies and cost-reduction strategies across aerospace and industrial projects.

You will collaborate with operations, engineering, and quality teams to optimize the supply chain and implement lean

Qualifications

• Proven team-building skills and strong results orientation.
• Excellent negotiation, analytical, communication, interpersonal, and writing abilities.
• ERP system proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Place purchase orders based on approved requisitions per Level of Authority; track and expedite orders within lead times to meet sales and operational demand. Support supply chain strategies, lead vendor negotiations and transitions, ensure pricing and contract compliance, expedite critical orders, and reject non-compliant requisitions.
• Lead vendor enhancements in quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and lead time. Manage cost recovery from COPQ with vendors, ensure RCCA closure, and monitor progress.
• Manage commodity agreements via PO. Launch projects and innovative ideas to streamline supply chain, reduce total acquisition costs, shorten lead times, and minimize inventory.
• Address invoice discrepancies promptly and ensure timely resolution of all issues related to invoices on hold. Monitor purchasing system alerts, such as; order modifications, cancellations, expedited requests, and delays.
• Execute supply chain AOP to achieve and exceed quality, delivery, cost reduction, VOI, payment term extension, vendor consolidation to meet and exceed all business goals in terms of sales, profits and cash flow.
• Adhere to process controls, standard tasks, regulations, company policies, and procedures.
• Communicate effective business practices and benchmarking strategies to the supply chain management team.
• Implementing lean enterprise systems in supply chain management.
• Actively uphold and exemplify the organization’s core values.

Skills

Team-building

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Writing abilities

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Ducommun Incorporated in Parsons, KS seeks a Commodity Buyer to manage PO placement, track and expedite orders, and uphold pricing contracts to meet sales and production demand. The role drives supplier negotiations, lead times, and supplier performance, while ensuring compliance with purchasing policies and cost-reduction strategies across aerospace and industrial projects.

You will collaborate with operations, engineering, and quality teams to optimize the supply chain and implement lean