Buyer

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us!

Ontic offers a new lease on life for the aerospace and defense industry. We're dedicated to providing a safe, diverse, and evolving work environment. We work with integrity, responsibility, safety, and accountability through inspiring, engaging and collaborating to achieve a common goal - whether that's serving our customers, helping each other, or volunteering in our local community.

Our team is looking for a Buyer to join them. You will report to the Procurement Manager and will have an onsite work schedule in Creedmoor, NC.

To be considered for the Buyer opening, here's what you'll need to bring with you:

• Associate's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or other related field

• 3+ years of strategic purchasing experience

• Effective and successful negotiation skills

• Aerospace industry experience preferred

As a Buyer, you will:

• Review, analyze, place and manage purchase orders, subcontract agreements, terms and conditions

• Identify and share business risks with Supply Chain and Program Management

• Identify and engage with internal stakeholders (engineering, regional procurement teams, product management, operations, quality) to capture commodity requirements and ensure supplier qualification and quality

• Partner with regional teams to efficiently transition suppliers as needed

• Responsible for developing & executing detailed commodity strategy:

• Assess Opportunity for commodity including spend segmentation, commodity maturity, cost drivers, and supply market analysis

• Work with Sourcing to Develop Sourcing Strategy for commodity detailing projects, sourcing levers, timing, resources, and expected benefits

• Accountable for execution of sourcing projects including continuous improvement, consolidation, etc.

• Responsible for defining negotiation strategy including supplier profiles, commercial negotiations targets, defining switching costs, and building Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models

• Conduct or support negotiations and supplier selection - accountable for contract lifecycle management and compliance

• Responsible for delivering commodity productivity through price negotiations, supporting value analysis/ value engineering projects (VA/VE or i2V) and other continuous improvement projects

• Support supplier segmentation, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and quarterly supplier reviews for all strategic suppliers within commodity

• Support commodity continuity of supply - engage with plants to help local teams efficiently resolve escalated issues

• Responsible for forecasting, reporting, mitigating, and recovery of commodity inflation

• Lead periodic Commodity Reviews including updated projects, metrics, strategy, and countermeasures

• Communicate and enforce customer/quality 'flow down' requirements.

• Coordinate and track the return, rework, repair and exchange of defective materials

Our Benefits:

• Comprehensive medical insurance

• Competitive PTO, holiday pay, and sick leave

• Company 401K plan with up to 4% matched contribution

• Annual bonus program (varies by level and discretionary based on company and individual performance)

• Flexible working arrangements

• Paid volunteering opportunities

• Access to mental health champions across our sites

• Commitment to development

• Employee referral program

Salary Range:

• $75,000/year, based on experience

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