Position Summary

NE-XT Technologies seeks an Aerospace Buyer to manage procurement, supplier relationships, and estimating support for precision aerospace and defense manufacturing. The role ensures materials and outside processing services are competitively sourced, compliant with applicable customer and OEM requirements, and available to support production schedules.

A critical responsibility is supporting Estimating and Sales with accurate, competitive, timely quotations for raw materials and outside special processing (OSP) used in customer RFQs and new business opportunities.

Key Responsibilities | Purchasing & Material Management

• Purchase raw materials, components, tooling, consumables, and outside processing services.
• Review Epicor MRP recommendations and production schedules; issue, manage, and expedite purchase orders.
• Coordinate with Planning, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality to prevent shortages and support customer commitments.
• Maintain accurate supplier pricing, lead times, delivery dates, and purchasing records in Epicor; manage inventory exposure.

Estimating & RFQ Support

• Partner with Estimating, Engineering, and Sales to obtain timely supplier quotes for customer RFQs.
• Source and compare raw material quotations, validating specifications, availability, pricing, minimum quantities, freight, and lead times.
• Obtain competitive quotations from qualified OSP providers for heat treatment, plating, coating, NDT, grinding, and other special processes.
• Verify quoted suppliers and processors meet applicable Pratt & Whitney, Collins Aerospace, and other OEM approval requirements.
• Identify minimum lot and setup charges, capacity limitations, long-lead risks, and other cost drivers; maintain historical quote data.
• Document quotation assumptions, validity periods, and supplier responses to support accurate and traceable estimates.

Supplier Performance & Cost Management

• Develop and maintain qualified aerospace suppliers; monitor delivery, quality, responsiveness, and cost.
• Resolve delivery delays and supplier issues in collaboration with Quality and Operations.
• Negotiate prices, lead times, payment terms, and commercial conditions; support long-term arrangements.
• Identify cost reductions, supplier consolidation opportunities, and purchase price variances.

OEM Quality & Regulatory Compliance

• Understand and apply Pratt & Whitney, Collins Aerospace, and other aerospace OEM purchasing and supplier quality requirements.
• Apply applicable Pratt & Whitney LCS requirements and OEM-approved special-process sourcing rules.
• Interpret specifications, revision levels, quality clauses, supplier approvals, certifications, traceability, and contractual flow-downs.
• Ensure purchase orders communicate all applicable requirements and use approved sources, including Nadcap-accredited processors when required.
• Coordinate with Quality and Engineering on specification questions and supplier nonconformances.
• Support AS9100 compliance and applicable ITAR, EAR, DFARS, counterfeit-parts prevention, and audit record requirements.

Required Qualifications

• 3–5 years of purchasing or procurement experience in aerospace or precision manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience obtaining and evaluating raw material and OSP quotations for manufacturing estimates and customer RFQs.
• Working knowledge of Pratt & Whitney, Collins Aerospace, or comparable OEM purchasing and supplier quality requirements.
• Ability to interpret specifications, quality clauses, approvals, and contractual flow-downs; understanding of AS9100, material certifications, and traceability.
• Experience with MRP/ERP, production scheduling, supplier negotiations, Excel, and cross-functional coordination.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct purchasing experience supporting Pratt & Whitney or Collins Aerospace programs, including applicable LCS requirements.
• Experience with OEM-approved and Nadcap-accredited special-process providers.
• Epicor ERP experience; knowledge of aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, and specialty alloys.
• Experience with heat treatment, plating, coating, NDT, and other OSP sourcing; APICS/ASCM or ISM certification.

Position Expectations

Own assigned purchasing activities, identify supplier and material risks early, and support both production execution and new business growth. Success requires balancing cost, quality, delivery, inventory investment, estimating responsiveness, and aerospace OEM compliance.

Equal Employment Opportunity

NE-XT Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities in accordance with applicable laws.

You should be proficient in:

• Supplier Management
• Vendor & Supplier Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Sourcing and Procurement Experience