About This Role
This role plays a key part in Bascom Hunter’s supply chain, making an immediate impact by bolstering the company’s supplier base. The position partners closely with program managers, engineering, and manufacturing to identify, evaluate, and qualify vendors for materials, components, and services, ensuring they meet technical requirements, quality standards, delivery timelines, and cost objectives.
Responsibilities
- Identify, evaluate, and qualify suppliers for mechanical and electronic components and systems used primarily in aerospace and defense applications, ensuring they meet technical, quality, and compliance requirements
- Build and maintain strategic supplier relationships to support current and long-term program needs
- Conduct supplier audits and capability assessments to verify adherence to ITAR, DFARS, ISO, and other applicable defense industry standards
- Collaborate with quality and compliance teams to address gaps and maintain approved supplier status
- Negotiate pricing, terms, and contracts to achieve cost-effective procurement while maintaining high quality and on-time delivery
- Work with legal and compliance teams to ensure all agreements meet customer and defense procurement regulations
- Conduct market research to identify sourcing opportunities, track cost trends, and assess risks
- Develop and implement contingency plans to ensure uninterrupted supply for critical defense programs
- Monitor supplier performance through delivery schedules, quality metrics, and responsiveness, and address performance issues when needed
- Partner with engineering, production, quality, and project management teams to ensure all materials and components meet technical specifications and project timelines
- Support new product development by contributing to sourcing strategies and supplier selection
Requirements
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field
- 2+ years of sourcing, procurement, or supply chain experience, preferably in an engineering or manufacturing environment
- Familiarity with technical drawings, specifications, and manufacturing processes
- Strong negotiation, communication, and organizational skills
- Proficiency with sourcing tools, ERP systems, and Microsoft Office Suite
- Technical aptitude and ability to read/interpret engineering requirements
- Vendor relationship management skills
- Analytical problem-solving and cost analysis abilities
- Ability to work collaboratively across departments
- General understanding of all supply chain functions and how they support engineering and manufacturing operations
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