What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Engineering Purchaser position at The Champion GSE Company?
Champion GSE has been a supplier to the defense and aerospace industries of reusable, metal storage and transportation containers for over 60 years. We are currently seeking a Mechanical Engineering Purchaser that has manufacturing experience in those industries to help us continue meeting our customer expectations.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PURCHASER– The Champion GSE Company, LLC
Responsible for the vendor terms negotiations, prices and schedules delivery using knowledge of budget and schedule requirements. Must have strong mechanical and technical negotiation skills.
Duties:
- Develop competitiveness to drive cost reduction initiatives with the global supply base, while meeting capacity and quality requirements.
- Manage supplier contracts and long-term agreement with preferred suppliers to ensure that market trends, supplier performance and future business needs align.
- Collaborate with supporting resources (engineering, quality, global supply chains, logistics and regional teams) to achieve plans, ensure adequate cycle time to procure materials and escalate critical materials from supplier based to meet customer demands.
- Leads teams in identification of opportunities to meet objectives for supplier cost reduction, creation of value, supply chain improvement and customer satisfaction.
- This position will execute events across multiple categories and is a key position in delivering cost-saving targets.
- Will need to network across our company and build strong relationships with stakeholders and develop negotiation strategies which help support their business.
- Identify opportunities for competitive bidding.
- Development of existing purchasing network.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes in a machine shop environment.
- Knowledge of Metal-mechanic manufacturing processes.
- Technical drawing reading skills.
- Technical capacity and the ability to provide technical guidance.
- Knowledge in planning, programming, budgeting and executing of purchasing and supply chain schedule.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’ degree in mechanical engineering.
- Minimum of 2-4 years of Purchasing related experience or demonstrated knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the above-mentioned tasks.
- (English-French or English-Spanish) a plus
- Experience in Machine shop environment.
Sage Enterprise Resource Planning system (or equivalent such as SAP, ORACLE) experience is a plus.
COMPENSATION
· Competitive salary package
· Excellent benefits package
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
· Eligible to work for any employer within the US
· Employment is contingent upon the satisfactory outcome of pre-employment screening activities, including background checks.
WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $75,000.00 - $82,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Experience:
- Manufacturing: 3 years (Preferred)
- Production planning: 2 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Springfield, OH 45502 (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $75,000 - $82,000