Buyer

Our Technology:

We’re the world leader in Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (R-PNT) solutions that improve the reliability, performance, and safety of critical high-risk operations, even in GPS/GNSS denied environments. We provide virtually fail-safe GNSS and PNT solutions for military and commercial applications worldwide. We do remarkable things!

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented professional to join our Customer Success Team as a Buyer. This key role involves working closely with both internal stakeholders and sister companies to ensure efficient management of supply chain operations. You will be a crucial point of contact for internal partners, facilitating clear communication and ensuring alignment within supply chain expectations and deliverables. We offer a fast-paced work environment with the opportunity to grow. We place a high value on self-motivation and meeting our customers’ needs.

How I will Contribute:

• Act as the main liaison between internal teams and sister companies, including international partners, to streamline communication and coordinate supply chain activities.

• Ownership of a high level of spend on COTS parts and complex assemblies for various programs, products, and customers.

• Send Requests for Quote (RFQ’s), analyze quotes & place Purchase Orders (PO’s).

• Negotiate with suppliers (cost, terms, quality & delivery).

• Ensure supplier accountability to meet On Time Delivery (OTD) through regular confirmations of open Purchase Orders and managing the data effected by shifting dates and shortages.

• Monitor and influence continuity of supply and drive effective critical shortage management.

• Oversee the planning, execution and delivery of small-scale projects aimed at improving business systems and driving operational efficiencies.

• Manage relationships with internal stakeholders, including Operations, Product Line Management, Quality and Engineering.

• Properly escalate unresolved issues to appropriate internal teams.

• Supplier Relationship Management.

• Guide suppliers to ensure conformance to set Terms & Conditions and Trade Compliance standards.

• Support month-end finance activities.

What You Bring to Safran Federal Systems:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent military/industry experience is required.

• 3 years of professional purchasing experience managing suppliers is required.

• Ability to read and communicate technical specifications to both technical and non-technical individuals. preferred.

• Prior experience working with Aerospace, Defense, and Government customers, preferred.

• Self-starter, confident, committed, and enthusiastic.

• Ability to take initiative, multi-task, and prioritize.

• Ability to proficiently use MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

• Strong systems and continuous improvement mindset.

• Recognize the needs and concerns of others, foster trust and effectively manage interpersonal dynamics

• Active security clearance is strongly preferred, ability and willingness to obtain a security clearance upon hire is required.

• US citizenship is required for this role.

• Travel up to 10%

• Ability to be agile and have fun!

• Ability to exercise independent judgment and make decisions.

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills with the ability to communicate across various levels within the organization.

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.

• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

About Safran Federal Systems:

Safran Federal Systems has been awarded as a Winner of the Rochester Metro Area Top Workplaces 2024 Award.

In 2022, Safran acquired Orolia, now Safran Trusted 4D, the world leader in Resilient PNT. At the intersection of critical infrastructure and national defense, Safran Trusted 4D solutions govern and protect the integrity of systems that shape the world. In early 2019, Orolia Defense & Security spun off as a separate entity from its parent company Orolia, with the mission of providing resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions and custom engineering services to U.S. Government agencies, U.S. Defense organizations, and their contractors.

In August of 2019, Safran Federal Systems acquired Talen-X, a U.S. company specializing in advanced GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Simulation solutions and Interference, Detection, and Mitigation (IDM) technologies. Talen-X's portfolio was an ideal fit and has helped to enhance Safran FS's overall offerings. The acquisition enabled Talen-X's existing resources, operations and capabilities to be scaled and accelerated to better support the warfighter. Read the press release here.

Safran Federal Systems operates as a proxy-regulated company, Free of Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI). As such, Safran FS Defense & Security is approved to work on the full spectrum of U.S. Government classified and unclassified projects and is positioned to support strategic partnerships in the development of key PNT technologies for the defense market.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Please note this description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.