Senior Buyer

Vast is looking for a Senior Buyer reporting to the Director, Supply Chain Management, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

Responsibilities:

End-to-End Commodity Management: Manage assigned commodities from demand to contract fulfillment.

Strategic & Tactical Execution: Apply sourcing and supplier management expertise across all organizational levels.

Supply Base Development: Optimize the supply base to meet long-term program needs.

Cost and Risk Reduction Strategy: Develop strategies to reduce total cost, lead time, and supply chain risk.

Supplier Research & Negotiation: Conduct market research, assess suppliers, issue RFQs/RFPs, and lead contract negotiations.

Integrated Sourcing Strategy: Align sourcing with program, customer, product lifecycle, and in-service support strategies.

Supplier Performance Management: Oversee supply/demand planning, schedule adherence, quality, on-time delivery, and cost for suppliers.

Supplier Development & Improvement: Lead supplier improvement initiatives and integrate results into strategies.

Value Engineering & Cost Analysis: Drive value engineering, BOM cost breakdowns, and should-cost analysis.

Minimum Qualifications:

5 years in a Procurement role, 3 years in aerospace industry and/or manufacturing

Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Engineering or Business-related field

Preferred Skills & Experience:

Ability to create and update request for proposals (RFPs), purchase orders (POs) and facilities work orders in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software

Ability to work effectively in a team environment

Ability to make independent judgments with limited information

Communication skills for relaying data (verbally and in-writing) between other employees, vendors, and customers

Comfortable working in a high-stress environment balancing several projects at any given time, and the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic direction

Ability to balance multiple priorities with ambiguous instructions

Additional Requirements:

Ability to travel up to 20% of the time

Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones

Pay Range: California

$105,000—$150,000 USD