Senior Buyer

Full Time
Kansas City, MO 64147
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Job description

Join a team recognized for leadership, innovation and diversity

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.

Ensure that purchase goods, materials and services and company operational needs are met, taking into account price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply. You will hold responsibility for a specific project/region/business. You will deliver tactical activities of purchasing goods and services off of defined contracts with stated terms and conditions. Also may include occasional one-off negotiations for non-standard buys, low dollar volume buys or items that are not strategically sourced.

Key Responsibilities

  • Performs all procurement activities and administers purchase orders in conformance with the FM&T's purchasing procedures and policies by analyzing ; which may be designated as sole or single-source items, designed, manufactured, or specified exclusively for the Federal Manufacturing & Technology (FM&T).
  • Negotiates settlements on rejected material and claims resulting from purchase order changes or terminations. Plans, schedules, and reschedules orders utilizing ERP planning recommendations.
  • Approves supplier invoices for payment when necessary. Initiates and coordinates discussions or meetings between suppliers and FM&T 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.
  • Analyzes need and prepares requests for advance procurement authorizations. Prepares reports as requested by supervision or as required by producers.
  • Provides guidance and necessary training to lower classifications in purchasing techniques.
  • May serve as a full-time member of respective purchased product teams and be involved with the development and implementation of strategic supplier management concepts, including process characterization and control, development of supplier partnerships, and total quality management.
  • Travels as necessary. May perform other duties as required.
  • Conducts activities in a safe and healthy manner and works in accordance with established HS&E requirements to ensure the protection of employees, the public, and the environment.
  • Takes actions necessary to "stop" work when an unsafe condition or action is identified. Every employee has the right and responsibility to stop work when unsafe conditions or actions are identified.

FMT2021

MUST HAVE

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen to obtain and maintain U.S. Department of Energy "Q" level security clearance
  • Must have a working knowledge of purchasing procedures, products, services and strategic supplier management.
  • Two or more years’ experience at the Buyer level with consistent achievement of high quality results on assigned responsibilities or equivalent related experience.
  • Bachelor's degree.

WE VALUE

  • Knowledge of purchasing systems
  • Strong communication skills and a team player
  • Good organizational - ability to prioritize and do problem solving
  • Medium amount of years of experience in a purchasing
  • English fluent, any other language is a plus
  • Planning, negotiations and agreements/contract management experience
  • Good technical knowledge of Procurement/sourcing


Additional Information

  • JOB ID: req401319
  • Category: Procurement
  • Location: 14520 Botts Road,Kansas City,Missouri,64147,United States
  • Exempt
  • Must be a US Citizen due to contractual requirements.

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.

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