Senior Buyer – Avionics and/or Electronic Manufacturing

Contract Length:6 Months
Location:Kent, WA or Merritt Island, FL
Work Setup:On-site

Join a leading aerospace organization supporting advanced avionics and electronic manufacturing programs. As a Senior Buyer, you will play a key role in managing procurement activities, developing strategic supplier relationships, and ensuring cost-effective sourcing for complex manufacturing projects while supporting critical business objectives.

Senior Buyer Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day procurement activities supporting avionics and electronic manufacturing programs.
• Develop and manage strategic suppliers and contractors to achieve cost, quality, and schedule objectives.
• Prepare RFP/RFQ packages, evaluate supplier proposals, and perform cost and price analyses.
• Negotiate and administer fixed-price and cost-type contracts while ensuring compliance with procurement policies.
• Issue and manage purchase orders and change orders using Costpoint and/or Coupa.
• Partner with facilities, engineering, and project management teams to source suppliers and award business.
• Ensure supplier agreements, NDAs, and terms and conditions are executed prior to engagement.
• Monitor supplier performance, conduct supplier business reviews, and implement supplier improvement plans.
• Resolve purchasing, delivery, invoicing, and supplier performance issues.
• Support backlog management, order tracking, project planning meetings, and schedule risk mitigation.
• Attend weekly project planning and status meetings.
• Travel occasionally as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Senior Buyer Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of tactical purchasing or supply chain experience.
• Experience supporting avionics and/or electronic manufacturing environments.
• Strong understanding of avionics hardware and software components, including EEE components, PCBs, PCBAs, LRUs, antennas, batteries, sensors, ordnance, harnesses, instrumentation, secondary structures, and engineering/testing services.
• Experience performing cost and price analysis and administering cost-type contracts.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Strong organizational, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while collaborating across cross-functional teams.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder), refugee, or asylee.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with construction and facilities purchasing.
• Knowledge of public purchasing procedures and the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).
• Experience using Costpoint, Coupa, and Atlassian JIRA.
• APICS, CPM, CSCP, or equivalent professional certification.
• Master's degree, with an MBA preferred.

If you are an experienced Senior Buyer with expertise in aerospace, avionics, or electronic manufacturing procurement and are passionate about building strategic supplier partnerships while driving operational excellence, we encourage you to apply.

We look forward to reviewing your application!