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Defense - Supply Chain Procurement Agent Levels 1 - 4

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
Wichita, Kansas, United States
Full-time
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Overview

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.

S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft.

Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Responsibilities

  • Acts as an authorized agent of the company with responsibility for managing all supplier-related activities and authority to commit company resources through contracts and agreements
  • Research, evaluate, and set expectations for prospective suppliers for new business
  • Build and maintain good relations with suppliers
  • Handle and manage negotiating contracts with suppliers
  • Develops requests for quotations and proposals, analyzes supplier responses, negotiates and awards contracts, and manages post award supplier activities
  • Interfaces with internal and external customers and suppliers
  • Manages post award supplier activities including updating suppliers profile and required documentation
  • Manages inventory levels, simulation, modeling forecasting data, and supplier performance
  • Monitors customer inventory demand and material assets to optimize total supply chain planning
  • Incorporates planning decisions from customers and suppliers to reduce material and product variability, and arrive at optimal solutions
  • Ability to communicate and track program change as flowed down by Prime / Company
  • Integrated Product Team representation and support
  • Change Management
  • Tracking affordability / trade studies
  • Performing BOE (Bases of estimate) / Estimating tasks
  • Knowledge and support of P&L activities
  • Ability to be decisive in complex problem solving

Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

  • 1+ years of experience in supply chain, procurement, logistics, or related experience
  • Hiring for multiple levels, entry-level to experienced
  • Ability to effect change
  • Driven to learn new skills in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications :

  • Excellent Data analysis skills a plus
  • Knowledge / experience with / in manufacturing and manufacturing process a plus
  • Knowledge of MRP Systems, SAP preferred
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Supply Chain, or other relevant course of study related work experience

Kansas Tax Credit : Join Spirit AeroSystems’ Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years.

Click here for more information on the tax credit.

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