Buyer

The role

The Buyer will support purchasing, supplier coordination, and supply chain data accuracy across hardware programs. This role involves issuing purchase orders, collecting quotes, and working with engineering, production, finance, and operations to ensure material availability.

What you will do

• Issue purchase orders
• Collect supplier quotes
• Track open orders
• Maintain accurate supplier and pricing data
• Build reports to help purchasing and planning decisions
• Work with engineering, production, finance, and operations

Required qualifications

• 1+ plus years of experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, operations, data analysis, or a similar role
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, lookups, data cleanup, and reporting
• High attention to detail and strong follow through
• Strong communication skills
• Comfort working in a fast paced startup building hardware for Aerospace and Defense related projects
• U.S citizen or GC/EAD

Nice to have

• Technical/Engineering background
• Experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, Oracle, Epicor, or similar
• Experience in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, hardware, or another complex product environment
• Familiarity with purchase orders, supplier quotes, lead times, inventory data, and basic procurement workflows
• Exposure to BOMs, PLM systems, or engineering driven product development
• Awareness of AS9100, ITAR/EAR, or regulated manufacturing environments

Benefits

• Medical is 100% covered by the company
• Life Insurance (2x Salary) 100% covered by the company
• Flexible PTO
• 401K
• Financial Wellness Resources

Before you apply

• Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders)

About the company

salientmotion is pioneering modular motion technologies for Industrial, Aerospace and Defense. They are crafting exclusive motion control components and are currently in Torrance, CA, moving to Hawthorne, CA in the summer.