Buyer

About the Role Continental Aerospace Technologies is seeking a skilled and motivated Buyer to join our Supply Chain team. You will manage the procurement of production parts for our engine manufacturing facility, ensuring outsourced parts are procured on-spec, on-time, and on-budget, while developing and maintaining supplier relationships. This role requires a proactive individual with strong analytical skills, excellent communication, relationship-building abilities, and a problem-solving mindset.

What You'll Do

• Prepare, issue, and manage purchase orders and change notices for production parts and tooling, ensuring timely and accurate procurement to meet production schedules.
• Identify, select, and develop suppliers to provide high-quality parts on time and at competitive costs. Monitor supplier performance against KPIs.
• Efficiently use MRP systems to issue, reschedule, and monitor purchase orders; maintain stock levels, avoid excess inventory, and minimize obsolescence.
• Conduct market and supplier analysis; maintain knowledge of supplier financial health and capacity.
• Adhere to company procurement policies, quality system procedures, and ethical standards; represent Continental professionally to external organizations.
• Cross-functional collaboration: communicate with other departments to ensure parts availability, resolve supplier issues, and implement engineering design changes seamlessly.
• Plan and execute cost reduction initiatives; collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement, value engineering, and corrective actions across the supply base.

What We're Looking For

• Analytical expertise: ability to perform complex analysis, gather data, work with internal and external stakeholders, choose appropriate methods, and synthesize inputs.
• Excellent communication skills; team-oriented with experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Adaptability and resilience to thrive in fast-paced, high-mix manufacturing.
• Detail orientation; meticulous and able to meet deadlines with accurate information.
• Problem-solving skills; proactively identify issues and implement effective solutions.
• Team collaboration; build and maintain relationships across departments and suppliers.
• Continuous improvement mindset; drive and support improvement initiatives.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or Business Administration preferred; equivalent work experience may be considered.
• Experience: Minimum 2 years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment; experience in high-mix, fast-paced settings preferred.