Project Lead Buyer

🚀 Challenge the Impossible​ ​

About Beyond Gravity

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1800 professionals, spread across 14 locations in seven countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites, launchers and semiconductor industry, we’re helping to improve life on earth.

The Project Lead Buyer responsible for leading the procurement organization, developing KPI’s, driving improvement, developing & documenting process improvements.  The Project Lead Buyer is also responsible having all materials and parts for the assigned projects sourced within the financial, time and quality goals, in cooperation with the local and global procurement teams.

Your Mission

• Lead a small team of procurement professionals to ensure adequate delivery of materials to support rapid production growth.
• Develop procurement plans with sometimes ambiguous, conflicting, or incomplete information.
• Work with suppliers to ensure no production stock-outs while appropriately managing inventory investment.
• Escalate known & potential shortages & drive resolution prior to production impact
• Keeps overview and track over all materials and parts of the assigned projects and ensures that all materials and parts are ordered in time
• Develop & improve standard operating procedures for existing & future procurement needs
• Identify, quantify, prioritize & lead cost savings projects to reduce the overall cost of production
• Develop standard cadence of communication with multiple suppliers to ensure on-time delivery, data accuracy, enhance supplier relationships.
• Develops in cooperation with global commodity managers strategic commodity plan, considering the North American master production schedule
• Partner with Global Commodity Leads on global sourcing projects
• Develop and negotiate for critical time-sensitive commodities supplier contracts
• Issue and follow-up of purchase orders for selected key suppliers
• Develop and execute a plan to quickly and effectively manage a supply interruption
• Develop and maintain procurement project reporting
• For selected key materials she or he contributes to the supplier selection, development and overall supplier management. This includes requests for quotation, negotiation, PO placement and follow up.

Your Story

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering preferred.  Business/Supply Chain also considered.
• Minimum of 3 years strategic or technical buying experience
• Minimum of 3 years supervisory/leadership experience
• Ability to read & interpret engineering drawings, standards, & specifications
• Ability to read & interpret Bills of Material
• Working knowledge of aerospace standards in accordance with ISO / AS
• Ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders (manufactures, production, legal)
• Ability to be a proactive, resourceful, and a problem solver
• Ability to work from Decatur, AL manufacturing facility
• 10% travel may be required

🌌Are you ready for lift-off?​

Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. Propel your career to new heights by applying. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.​

For questions regarding the position, please contact: ​​John Flint | john.flint@beyondgravity.com 
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For questions regarding the position or recruitment process, please contact: ​​Michelle Lach | michelle.lach@beyondgravity.com  

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Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.​

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Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.