Position Summary:Source and execute the acquisition of required materials for production, negotiate with suppliers, measure, and manage the supplier base, create contracts, review, maintain, and charge back as apply, place orders with suppliers, expedite as needed, and maintain the required inventory levels for defined items.Essential Responsibilities:- Create and maintain procurement systems and strategies i.E Kanban, pay on use, blanket orders, etc., to make sure that customer demand is cover and cost reduction is obtained.- Sourcing of local, domestic, and international suppliers, according to business needs.- Contract and supplier negotiation to assure supply chain material availability, quality, and best price.- Work together with SQE to create supplier development plans for poor performance vendors.- Release Purchased Orders/ Blanket orders, and Requisitions taking care of expiration and obsolescence.- Review MRP (in case that one exists) or other reports that will show the needs to procure supplies and tools, release purchase requisitions as needed.- Work closely with planning department to review demand profiles to keep material pipeline according customer requirements.- Provide customs importation special requirements when is need.- Support Raw Material buyers when a supplier delivery problem take place as a first escalation point.- Maintain information in the MRP system or other tools to anticipate shorts, order status, etc.- Provide reports regarding historical purchases, cost, RFQ comparison, inventory, order status & projections, etc.- Coordinate with the requesters in case of an urgent need or special orders that need to be processed.- Work closely with different areas of the company to ensure that orders will be shipped in time.- Monitor on time delivery and past due orders.- Monitor GRIR (Good Receipt Invoice Receipt) with the finance- Dispose physically and update the system regarding PDR's (Product Discrepancy Report) and RMA's (Return Material Authorization).- Review and approve DCR (Document Control Request) and DCN (Document Control Notice).- Assist on creation and maintenance on purchasing records for AS9100 qualification such as: Supplier Surveys and audit, Scorecards, Risk Management, etc.Position Requirements:**EDUCATION**:Bachelor´s degree in Engineering, or similar.**EXPERIENCE**: 5+ years of experience in Planner/Buyer roles**ADDITIONAL****KNOWLEDGE**:MRP Systems, Production control and planning, forecasting, financial analysis, APIS is a plus, strong supplier negotiation skills, basic knowledge of customs and compliance rules, leadership**LANGUAGES**:Fully Bilingual, written and speaking