What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Buyer position at Kansas City National Security Campus?
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Innovate to solve the world's most important challenges.
Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address critical challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, productivity, global urbanization and energy. With approximately 129,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, Honeywell has an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything they make and do. Honeywell has been named a Top 100 Global Innovator for seven years in a row, recognizing the company’s global reach of portfolio and invention influence.
In Kansas City, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (FM&T) manages and operates the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Kansas City National Security Campus. This state-of-the-art engineering, manufacturing and sourcing facility produces a wide array of intricate components to deliver trusted national security products and government services primarily for the NNSA. Honeywell FM&T’s culture of integrity, commitment and continuous improvement enables them to deliver responsive, collaborative and innovative management and technology services and products that translate into cutting edge solutions to complex national security issues.
Summary
Plans and executes the procurement of standard and custom materials and/or services covering the full range of procurement activity with the highest level of complexity and dollar value. Develops and executes a procurement strategy that provides the best value and prioritizes quality and on-time performance.
Duties And Responsibilities
We Value
Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to submit an application, please send an email to our Reasonable Accommodation Support Team.
Additional Information
Innovate to solve the world's most important challenges.
Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address critical challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, productivity, global urbanization and energy. With approximately 129,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, Honeywell has an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything they make and do. Honeywell has been named a Top 100 Global Innovator for seven years in a row, recognizing the company’s global reach of portfolio and invention influence.
In Kansas City, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (FM&T) manages and operates the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Kansas City National Security Campus. This state-of-the-art engineering, manufacturing and sourcing facility produces a wide array of intricate components to deliver trusted national security products and government services primarily for the NNSA. Honeywell FM&T’s culture of integrity, commitment and continuous improvement enables them to deliver responsive, collaborative and innovative management and technology services and products that translate into cutting edge solutions to complex national security issues.
Summary
Plans and executes the procurement of standard and custom materials and/or services covering the full range of procurement activity with the highest level of complexity and dollar value. Develops and executes a procurement strategy that provides the best value and prioritizes quality and on-time performance.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Performs all procurement activities and administers purchase orders in conformance with applicable purchasing procedures and policies.
- Analyzes requisitions and related drawings and specifications; identifies/selects suppliers; determines the type of order to be issued; issues requests for proposals; negotiates prices, terms and conditions, and delivery schedules; places purchase orders; assures product delivery, negotiates delivery schedule changes, and develops inventory plans as required.
- Initiates and coordinates discussions between suppliers and internal departments to resolve procurement-related problems.
- Analyzes pricing, production, and inventory trends to assure competent supply sources and economical procurement, and conducts market surveys to identify new sources of supply.
- May serve as a full-time member of respective purchased product teams and other cross-functional teams and lead efforts associated with the development and implementation of strategic supplier management concepts.
- Nurtures supplier relationships and implements supplier improvement initiatives to resolve critical supplier issues.
- Assures product delivery.
- Utilizes contracting formats such as letter contracts, firm fixed-price contracts, cost type contracts, time and material contracts, lease agreements, multi-year option contracts, incentive contracts, master ordering agreements, and system contracts.
- Plans, schedules, and negotiates orders utilizing ERP planning recommendations.
- Negotiates settlements on rejected material and claims resulting from purchase order changes or terminations.
- Approves supplier invoices for payment when necessary.
- Interaction with internal next assembly users, Product Engineering, Program Management, Product and Field Quality, Accounting and the Design Agency for requirements clarification, planning, product status reviews and problem resolution.
- Analyzes needs and prepares requests for advancement procurement authorizations.
- Prepares reports as requested by supervisors or as required by procedures.
- Provides guidance and necessary training to Purchasing personnel.
- Completes in-depth price analyses, marketplace surveys, and sole and single source justifications.
- Develops formal negotiation plans and negotiates directly with suppliers in the areas of source controlled drawings; cost and pricing data; cost accounting standards; terms and conditions modifications; non-disclosure agreements; quality requirements; product acceptance criteria; technical evaluation criteria; and progress payment schedules.
- Develops and provides input to the purchased material budget as appropriate to assure commitment or incurrences as required.
- Bachelor's degree and at least five or more years of progressive procurement experience.
- Ability to travel as determined by the needs of the business.
- Ability to work remote, hybrid, or on-site as directed by management and is determined by the needs of the business.
- Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job.
- United States Citizenship.
- Ability to obtain and maintain, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance (some positions require additional DOE designations).
We Value
- Three years of experience at the Buyer II level with consistent achievement of high quality results on assigned responsibilities or equivalent related experience.
- A working knowledge of purchasing procedures, products, services and strategic supplier management concepts.
Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to submit an application, please send an email to our Reasonable Accommodation Support Team.
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