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This role partners closely with Engineering, Planning, Quality, Receiving, Program Management, and executive leadership, and serves as the escalation point for supplier performance, material shortages, and customer commitments. The Purchasing Manager reports to the Director of Supply Chain and regularly contributes purchasing performance data, including purchase price variance for executive-level review.\n\nITAR Notice\n\nThis position supports programs subject to ITAR and EAR export control regulations. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\n\nOperational Ownership\n\nEnsure the buying team accurately sources and purchases components per customer Bills of Materials (BOMs), build schedules, and committed ship dates\n\nOversee accurate creation, issuance, and management of purchase orders in Avalir's Epicor Kinetic ERP system, including review and approval of POs for proper authorization and policy compliance\n\nOversee material demand review across the team to ensure timely, accurate order placement aligned with production needs\n\nOversee management of the open PO backlog, order acknowledgements, and expediting/de-expediting activity\n\nEnsure proactive identification and resolution of component shortages, including expedites, alternates, and substitutions\n\nDrive cost-reduction initiatives, alternate sourcing, and last-time/end-of-life (EOL) buy strategies across the team\n\nIdentify, source, and qualify new suppliers and vendors; manage the supplier selection process based on price, quality, capacity, and reliability\n\nMaintain Avalir's Approved Vendor List (AVL); 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