Buyer/Planner

What are your contributions to the team?

• Adhere to General Work Requirements
• Locate and initiate the purchase of materials, tools and components via communication with internal and external sources and suppliers
• Expedite status of external and internal parts orders and purchase orders via communication with suppliers and inter-company operations
• Identify and schedule critical paths and assign priorities
• Attend meetings representing the department
• Interface with Supervisors and Managers or other departments on critical material problems
• Maintain shortage report to track orders and communicate status to management
• Create and issue internal orders and other applicable documents to meet parts and materials requirements
• Provide information to adjust discrepant orders/exception messages and cancel line items not received or returned to stock as needed
• Create new part numbers for site-specific parts used and send part number requests to internal suppliers
• Maintain accurate inventory of transactions using computerized inventory and manual filing systems
• Determine priority items to ensure parts delivered on time and are readily accessible 
• Order and/or reorder materials, tools, and ground support equipment with regard to aircraft delivery schedules as required
• Identify alternate and superceded part numbers

How to thrive in this role?

• You typically have 5 years of experience in aviation or material/parts environment   or other demonstrated equivalent experience
• You have training or equivalent experience with an MRP system
• You have planning and organizational skills necessary to prioritize and coordinate workload within a multiple project setting
• You have interpersonal skills necessary to develop and maintain effective working relationships with sales team, owners, outside counsel, and other departments