Principal Buyer

Position Purpose: The Principal Buyer will take a leadership position with the purchasing group as a subject matter expert on ERP functionality, report and processes while also performing Sr. Buyer responsibilities. The Principal Buyer is a senior-level procurement professional responsible for strategic sourcing, supplier management, and negotiating contracts for goods and services. They play a critical role in optimizing costs, ensuring quality, and maintaining a reliable supply chain for the organization. This role often involves leading procurement initiatives, mentoring junior buyers, and ensuring compliance with company policies. The Principal Buyer will have working knowledge of FAR, DFAR and/or NASA procurement regulations.

Title: Principal Buyer

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: $36-$55/hour

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location: Remote

Benefits:

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

Job Responsibilities:

· Support and coordinate the purchasing activities in procuring materials and services

· Complete purchase order packages to meet company and government requirements

· Assist in ensuring contracts with vendors are consistent with company objectives

· Develops new suppliers and participates in supplier surveys and audits as required

· Support negotiations with suppliers for assigned commodities to achieve the best price, quality, and schedule

· Work closely with MPM and suppliers to prevent program delays and meet program schedule

· Set and maintain accurate item lead times in the system and hold suppliers accountable to their commitments and to meet performance expectations

· Work cross functionally with other departments such as Engineering, MPM, Quality, Production, Planning, and Accounting to meet business needs

· Lead and attend program and supplier meetings as required

· Identify and mitigate potential risks in the supply chain, such as supply disruptions or quality issues

· Comply with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR/DFAR), ensures adherence to requirements and advises management and compliance organization on needed actions

· Working knowledge of Fixed Price and basic Cost / T&M contract types

· Process and verify Non-Disclosure Agreements and Terms and Conditions with suppliers

· Assist manager with reporting, metrics, training, and process improvement.

· May provide indirect oversight, training, and guidance for other buyers, as assigned

· Monitor, track and provide feedback on suppliers' performance on overall cost, delivery, and quality

· Ability to analyze purchase history for forecasting and creating blanket purchase order/bulk purchases

· Work with engineers and suppliers for Part Change Notification and End of Life purchases

· Recommends tactics and strategies that will directly impact the achievement of overall business results to include process, OTD, and department KPIs.

· Other responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications/Education:

· At least 8+ years of buyer experience required

· At least six years of ERP experience required

· Bachelor’s degree in business, Economics, or related field preferred

· Ability to compile information and make decisions

· Ability to thrive under pressure

· Subcontract experience is preferred

· Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software

· Experience in procurement and/or vendor contract management is preferred

· Must be able to understand/read engineering drawings and BOM structure

· Experience working with mechanical/fabricated part drawings and technical spec understanding

· Experience working in partnership with internal stakeholders to ensure the organization’s needs are met while managing purchasing process procedures

· Experience in procurement and/or vendor contract management is preferred

· Working knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) compliance

· Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities

· Exhibits a high level to attention to detail

· Excellent scheduling and time management skills

· Have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, self-motivated, and be able to drive a process from start to finish

· Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected factor. Colorado Residents:  In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.  Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at [email protected].