PAE Senior Buyer

PRO ACTIVE ENGINEERING • Sun Prairie, WI • 6h ago

JOB REQUIREMENTS: We are seeking a Senior Buyer to serve as the lead
purchasing professional within the Purchasing Department, providing
daily guidance, mentoring, and technical support to the buying team
while partnering closely with the Purchasing Manager. This role is
responsible for ensuring the timely procurement of electronic
components, bare printed circuit boards (PCB fabrication), custom
mechanical components, customer-specific parts, fabricated assemblies,
and outside services required to support customer production schedules.
The Senior Buyer is expected to lead by example, develop best practices,
improve purchasing processes, build strong supplier relationships, and
ensure material availability while balancing inventory, cost, quality,
and delivery performance. Essential Functions Team Leadership Serve as
the lead buyer and primary mentor for the purchasing team. Provide daily
guidance, coaching, and training to buyers. Support onboarding and
development of new buyers. Promote purchasing best practices and
standardized procedures. Act as the Purchasing Manager\'s delegate
during periods of absence. Purchasing & Planning Procure electronic
components, PCB fabrication, assemblies, mechanical components, and
outside processing services. Review MRP recommendations and make
purchasing decisions based on demand, supplier performance, lead times,
and inventory strategy. Analyze material requirements and consolidate
demand where appropriate to optimize purchasing efficiencies. Monitor
supplier acknowledgments and ensure purchase orders support customer
production schedules. Manage purchase order placement, confirmations,
revisions, and cancellations. Expedite critical materials to prevent
production shortages. Resolve material shortages and proactively
identify supply chain risks. Supplier Management Develop and maintain
strategic supplier relationships. Evaluate supplier performance
including: On-Time Delivery Quality Responsiveness Cost Competitiveness
Lead supplier business reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
Negotiate pricing, payment terms, lead times, and long-term supply
agreements. Identify and qualify alternate suppliers to reduce supply
chain risk. Support supplier corrective actions with Supplier Quality.
Inventory Management Balance inventory investment with customer service
requirements. Monitor excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory.
Recommend inventory reduction strategies while maintaining material
availability. Review safety stock recommendations and supplier stocking
programs. Support cycle count investigations and inventory accuracy
initiatives. Cross Functional... For full info follow application link.
Pro-Active Engineering is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to
race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, age, disability, or any other category protected by
law. *** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online:
ipc.us/t/58309B9D859F4BD9

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