Buyer/Planner

Job description

For over 65 years, Columbia Helicopters have been a trusted provider of heavy-lift helicopter services. We create new aircraft, fly heavy-lift helicopters around the world, and provide maintenance support to ensure you are mission-ready for critical operations. If you are passionate about aviation, join our Columbia Family ! The Buyer/Planner evaluates needs, inventory levels, and demand to procure technical and non-technical materials and services. They ensure all purchases meet military, customer, and company standards at the best value, manage RFQs and purchase orders, coordinate with suppliers and internal teams, and apply procurement strategies to balance inventory, supply, and departmental requirements. WHAT YOU WILL DO: - Uses a variety of tools and systems (enterprise and self-developed) to Plan and Procure materials to meet our needs, balancing inventories, Spends, Lead Time and desired Service levels to ensure coverage with minimum appropriate inventories and Safety Stocks - Resolve nominally-complex problems and situations that might endanger the adequate flow of materials and/or constrain fleet operations - Analyze, recommend and select proper vendors for placement of o...