Job Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- High School degree or equivalent required
- Minimum of 2 years of Supply Chain / Procurement Experience
- Minimum of 1 years in a Buyer role
- Experience purchasing Direct Materials (composites and machine formed metal components)
- Must be fluent (speaking and reading) the English Language
- Must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder due to program security clearance requirements and/or SSA requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- Aerospace and/or Defense Industry experience (FARS/DFARS)
- Ability to interact with people of different levels inside/ outside the company and to operate within a team to reach team goals and business objectives
- Ability to empower others to achieve results through motivation, recognition and performance feedback.
- Ability to express information in a manner appropriate to different levels of people & to lead and close out negotiations.
- Ability to recognize, respond to customer expectations with sense of urgency.
- Ability to take full responsibility for decisions & results even when all elements are not under individual direct control.
- Experience in implementing industry leading best practices.
- Proven ability in strategy deployment.
- Proven project management techniques.
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.