Senior Buyer, Machining

The role

This person will support the development of systems required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. They will develop category specific strategies for the machining supply base to deliver high quality and low cost solutions.

What you will do

• Develop category specific strategies for the machining supply base
• Manage assigned commodities from demand to contract fulfillment
• Apply sourcing and supplier management expertise across all organizational levels
• Optimize the supply base to meet long-term program needs
• Develop strategies to reduce total cost, lead time, and supply chain risk
• Conduct market research, assess suppliers, issue RFQs/RFPs, and lead contract negotiations
• Align sourcing with program, customer, product lifecycle, and in-service support strategies
• Oversee supply/demand planning, schedule adherence, quality, on-time delivery, and cost for suppliers
• Lead supplier improvement initiatives and integrate results into strategies
• Drive value engineering, BOM cost breakdowns, and should-cost analysis

Required qualifications

• 5 years in a Procurement role
• 3 years in aerospace industry and/or manufacturing
• Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Engineering or Business-related field
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
• Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones

Nice to have

• Ability to create and update request for proposals (RFPs), purchase orders (POs) and facilities work orders in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to make independent judgments with limited information
• Communication skills for relaying data (verbally and in-writing) between other employees, vendors, and customers
• Comfortable working in a high-stress environment balancing several projects at any given time, and the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic direction
• Ability to balance multiple priorities with ambiguous instructions

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• generous paid time off
• up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff
• up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually
• paid parental leave
• short and long-term disability insurance
• life insurance
• access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• ClassPass credits
• personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health
• snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge
• lunch subsidized

About the company

Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, the company has more than 1,000 employees.