Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Position Overview :

The Senior Buyer has responsibility for purchasing activities, ensuring uninterrupted supply of direct and indirect materials and services including raw materials, packaging materials and OEM finished goods and services. This position's primary objective is to acquire inbound materials and services on time and complete, from approved Suppliers at competitive costs as required to support the operations and improve the organization's profitability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Implement inventory control programs and procurement strategies to achieve cash flow and inventory turns objectives without compromising material availability.
• Manage formalized risk mitigation programs to reduce vulnerability of supply chain interruptions.
• Develop effective supplier management relationships focused on availability, quality & cost.
• Lead and / or participate on process improvement teams to drive cost savings and process improvements.
• Drive internal procedure improvements and deliver training to those improvements.
• Manage purchase requisitions and places purchase orders for materials, services and equipment as required to support customer demand.
• Drives supplier performance metrics of quality and on time delivery.
• Understand regulatory & market requirements and their impacts on the supply chain.
• Proficient and effective implementation of change management.
• Maintain a positive results-oriented attitude that promotes teamwork with peers, subordinates, & other support areas and suppliers while driving significant change.
• Optimize utilization of ERP / MRP in an MTO & MTS environment.
• Achieve financial goals of the Procurement Organization.
• Supports schedule changes, customer quoting as required.
• Support and help drive material cost reductions.
• Support all corporate initiatives as required i.e. supplier reductions, material cost reductions, MSA's.
• Support lean initiatives as required.
• Mentor Junior Buyers.

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Required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.