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Buyer/Planner

Busek
Natick, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/5/2024 CLOSED ON 1/4/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer/Planner position at Busek?

As a Buyer/Planner for Busek you will procure a mix of custom and commercial off the shelf parts as well as manufactured parts for spacecraft subsystems. You will carry out Procurement processes, standards, and operational plans, including RFPs, negotiation preparations, and cost analysis.
To be successful in this role you will have experience in activities associated with purchasing goods, materials, supplies, and services to ensure terms are in the organization's best interest.
Busek is an AS9100D certified company in which specific Aerospace manufacturing standards must be met.

About Busek Co. Inc.
Busek Co. Inc. (www.busek.com) researches, develops, and produces spacecraft subsystem technologies for space missions. Our talented staff have collective expertise spanning in-space propulsion, space-borne sensors, materials science, manufacturing, and high-fidelity electronic design for challenging space missions. Busek is well known in the spacecraft on-orbit propulsion community with numerous awards and achievements. Busek’s accomplishments include innovative electric propulsion systems for spacecraft such as first US Hall Effect Thruster in space. Our present efforts span research/development to manufacturing of aerospace systems to low-volume production of high-reliable in-space components and subsystems. The company has several R&D labs (over 30K sq.ft.) including over 20 vacuum chambers from 9 feet in diameter to small desktop systems. Busek was founded over three decades ago and incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1985. Our facilities are in Natick MA, approximately 20 miles west of Boston.

Day to day activities:
  • Identify optimal placement of orders with preferred vendors
  • Negotiate pricing and timely delivery of component parts
  • Prepare purchase orders, including verifying approval and scheduling deliveries
  • Work closely with suppliers to assure on-time and on-quality delivery
  • Respond to value stream inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations to ensure customer satisfaction
  • Track and monitor purchase orders, keeping internal users (customers) informed of problems/delays. Communicate any impacts/constraints to appropriate department.
  • Maintain digital or hard copy procurement records as needed, such as items, purchases, costs, delivery, product quality or performance and inventories.
Skills Desired
  • Strong interpersonal skills to work with team members and suppliers
  • Negotiation skills to work with suppliers and make better deals for the company
  • An understanding of purchase order software platforms
  • IT skills to troubleshoot essential computer programs
  • Ability to read and interpret documents (blueprint) and carry out instructions in written, oral and diagram form.
Additional Information:
  • To conform to U.S. Government regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Benefits:
  • 401K
  • Performance Bonuses
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Long term / short term disability
  • Paid Vacation, Sick and Holidays
  • Education assistance
Busek Co.Inc.is an equal opportunity employer; employment with Busek Co.Inc. is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
This employer participates in E-Verify. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. All persons hired will be required to be a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.


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