Procurement Supervisor

The Procurement Supervisor supports the sourcing capabilities and supply chain for the organization while effectively leading the purchasing team and ensuring the business has the necessary supplies on time to meet customer and production needs.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintains and practices the safety culture, putting safety first.
• Develops sound, cost-effective strategies for purchasing materials used in the business and guides team through execution.
• Maintains positive relationships with suppliers and internal customers.
• Evaluates, analyzes, and selects vendors, products, and services.
• Coordinates with internal teams to understand supply needs.
• Oversees the procurement process from start to finish.
• Negotiates contracts and acquires cost-efficient pricing without compromising quality.
• Evaluates spending operations to enhance product quality and delivery timeliness.
• Develops and implements strategies to optimize supply chain performance, recognizing total cost implications
• Collaborates with division procurement and legal departments to ensure favorable contract terms.
• Maintains metrics and analyzes data to assess performance and implement improvements.
• Resolves discrepancies that arise relating pricing, warranty claims, failure to comply with specifications, or over shipments and negotiates return items no longer needed by the plant.
• Complies with federal, state, and local laws, regulations and company policies and requirements.
• Ability to effectively train others to create a cross functional team.
• Manages and documents employee performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills & Experience:

• Strong leadership, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• 5+ years of Purchasing experience with experience leading teams.
• Minimum 3 years of aerospace experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• ERP Systems experience required; Syteline ERP experience a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Suite w/advanced Excel skills.

Level of Education & Qualifications:

• 4-year College Degree or equivalent experience.

Company Profile:

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) is a leading worldwide, diversified manufacturer of complex metal components and products. It serves the aerospace, power, and general industrial markets. PCC is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, and forged components used in jet aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines. The Company is also a leading producer of highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace and other general industrial markets, manufactures extruded seamless pipe, fittings, forgings, and clad products for power generation and oil & gas applications, and supplies metal alloys and other materials to the casting and forging industries. PCC is a high-quality business with dominant positions in most segments of the markets in which it serves.

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, this over 10-billion-dollar company employs more than 29,500 people worldwide. PCC has over 160 plants and has a presence in twenty-six states in the US and in over a dozen countries. PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer, delivering the highest value to its customers and shareholders while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

Effective early February 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffet, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Business Profile:

PCC Fasteners and Engineered Products, which include the PCC Industrial & Distribution Group, consist of specialized manufacturing businesses that produce fasteners, precision components, systems, tooling, and engineered system solutions for a diverse group of end customers in the automotive, aerospace & defense, industrial machinery, and other performance-driven markets.

PCC Fasteners and Engineered Products' manufacturing operations are spread over four continents, forming a network of industry-leading companies, which enables our customers to utilize our experience and deep product knowledge wherever they need it. Embedded in a culture of continuous improvement, our assets and industry leadership ensure that we will consistently deliver our customers the best value in the markets we serve.

Location Profile:

Located in North Hollywood, CA, Avibank Manufacturing, Inc., a PCC Company, a part of the Engineered Products Group, is among the world's leading manufacturers specializing in the design and production of sophisticated fasteners and multi-component fastening systems and devices, solving difficult engineering and critical performance problems.