We are currently recruiting for a Buyer to join our MRO procurement team in Calgary.

Role Summary

• Request and evaluate quotes for parts required to support production and maintenance.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with De Havilland’s suppliers improving the day-to-day relationship between De Havilland and its supply chain partners.
• Be the interface between internal teams and a group of our world-class aerospace supply chain partners.
• Actively participate in ongoing Continuous Improvement.
• Advise Production planning and execution teams of all potential material delays or problems that will affect production scheduling.
• Update Purchase Order delivery dates and pricing changes on a daily basis to ensure the latest information is available to all departments through the ERP.
• Ongoing review, management and coordination of vendor-related engineering changes.
• Engage fully with the metrics-based performance management system.

• Monitor material inventories including min/max levels and reserved material on a regular basis.

• Participate in supplier negotiations and strategies around vendor consolidation.
• Adhere to material spend and inventory goals.
• Seek to develop skills and experience by proactively participating in professional training and development programs.
• Be accountable for managing the ongoing and assured supply of aircraft parts and services in line with De Havillands requirements.
• Key accountabilities include supplier-delivered quality, on-time delivery performance, cost, inventory, and vendor continuous improvement.

• Adopt model behaviors and methodologies consistent with good quality, health and safety, and environmental management practices.

Key Responsibilities

• On-time release of purchase orders to ERP demand and product lead times.
• On-time delivery of vendor-supplied aircraft products and services.
• Maintaining purchase order integrity in line with ERP system and managing exception messages generated from ERP system.
• Working with De Havilland Supplier Quality Assurance, ensure that all vendors strictly adhere to De Havillands Quality Management System.
• Engage fully with De Havillands metric-based performance management system.
• Adhering to material spend and inventory goals.

Education & Experience

• 2-5 years of Purchasing and or Procurement experience.
• Experience in the Aerospace sector is a benefit.

• Preference will be given to individuals with post-secondary education or equivalent experience in Business, Supply Chain, Accounting and/or Inventory Control.

Skills

• Familiarity with manufacturing and maintenance operations.
• Experience in LEAN environments.
• Strong communication skills and a strong drive to resolve issues whenever they arise.