Purchasing Manager

Full Time
Everett, WA 98204
Posted
Job description
Thank you for your interest in Korry Electronics:!

Our company culture is focused around ownership, transparency, process improvement and trust & respect. We are looking for talented people (like you!) to lead our business to the next level while giving you the opportunity to develop your own career.

We have been at the forefront of the aviation industry since the beginning, creating the first lighted cockpit controls for the military and commercial aircraft industry. The Korry product team continues this tradition as it develops the crew station of the future, providing state-of-the-art switches, cockpit controls, high-performance displays, and night-vision filters. We are passionate about what we do. For more information, please visit www.korry.com :.

Join the Korry team and find out why this is such a great place to spend your career!

What You Will Do: :

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for managing the flow of components and information between Korry and the supply base. The team is responsible for aligning the suppliers’ schedules with demand, issuing PO’s to approve suppliers, ensuring on-time delivery of components, expediting deliveries, optimizing inventory levels, and assuring compliance to approved supplier list and agreement terms and conditions.

Primary Responsibilities :
  • Oversees the daily operations of the Purchasing department.
  • Manages Buyers as well as provides inputs for performance evaluations and hire/terminations decisions.
  • Executes supply chain management and business unit strategies
  • Ensures effective communication between Purchasing department and other departments regarding all purchasing issues.
  • Escalates delivery delays from suppliers.
  • Develops and drives supplier performance improvement plans.
  • Develops supplier Kanban process, consignment and VMI programs.
  • Develops inventory strategies such as lot sizes, firm periods and delivery frequencies.
  • Develop and manage supplier plan-for-every part (PFEP).
  • Contributes to the optimization of the MRP planning process.
  • Drives, manages, and supports cost reduction projects.
  • Escalates supplier management issues to Commodity Managers.
  • Develops a reusable supplier packaging strategy, as required.
  • Monitors, manages and minimizes in-bound transportation costs, as required.
  • Contributes to alternate sourcing strategies with SCM, as required.
  • Drives procedure and process improvement.
  • Shares and implements best practices across the enterprise.
  • Trains and develops succession plans for key Buyers.
  • Maintains the highest ethical standards, even when challenged from above.
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

Required Qualifications :
  • Bachelor’s degree required in Business Administration, Engineering, or related field
  • 5-7 years of Purchasing, Operations, Planning or relevant experience, preferably in a supervisory or leadership role
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • ERP/MRP experience required.
  • Must possess strong communication skills.
  • Must be proficient with MS Suite.
  • You must be a US person.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Aerospace, Medical, or Automotive industry experience.
  • APICS or CPM Certification a plus.
  • Six Sigma or Lean Certification plus.

Pay Range: $115,000 - $140,000 annually


Where We Work:
Our headquarters, a 216,000 square foot facility, is located in Everett, Washington. Everett is a great place to live and work; just 30 miles north of Seattle. This thriving community is an aerospace hub! The city, and nearby cities of Mukilteo and Snohomish, offer excellent public schools, fabulous parks, beaches, and safe streets. You can dip your toes in salt water and ski down a mountain all in the same day. Nature is truly right outside your door.

Benefits Package Details: :
    • Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision
    • Health Savings Account (HSA) with generous company contribution
    • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
    • 401(k) matching
    • 12 paid holidays (including a holiday shutdown week)
    • Minimum of three weeks paid time off plus one week paid sick time to start
    • Tuition reimbursement
    • Parental leave
    • Short term and long term disability
    • Life insurance
    • Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
    • Long-term care plan options
    • Prescription safety shoe & glasses benefit
    • Vanpool subsidy
    • Recognition awards
    • Employee referral bonuses
    • EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
Korry Electronics is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, medical condition, national origin, marital status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, childbirth, genetic information, or military and veteran status.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our application process as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact the Human Resources Department at 425-297-9700.

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