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These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.\nWe are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.\nJob Description\nTeledyne Reynolds (a business unit of Teledyne Defense Electronics, LLC) has over 60 years of heritage supplying the highest quality, high voltage interconnect solutions to the most demanding of applications in the Military/Defense, High-end Industrial, Medical, Energy and Space industries.\nWe are looking for a dynamic individual to join our team!\nWe are truly Everywhereyoulook\nPosition Summary:\nWe are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Purchasing Manager to lead procurement activities in a high-mix, low-volume defense electronics manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for sourcing materials, components, and services required to support production while ensuring quality, cost control, delivery performance, and compliance with defense industry requirements.\nThe ideal candidate will bring a strategic mindset combined with hands-on execution, demonstrating the ability to manage supplier relationships, mitigate supply chain risk, and continuously improve purchasing processes. A willingness to challenge traditional sourcing approaches and drive innovation within a regulated environment is essential.\nProcurement Execution: Oversee day-to-day purchasing activities to ensure timely acquisition of materials, components, and services in support of production schedules and customer commitments.\n\nSupplier Management: Identify, qualify, and manage supplier relationships, including performance monitoring for quality, delivery, cost, and responsiveness.\n\nCost Control & Negotiation: Lead price negotiations, manage cost reduction initiatives, and support margin improvement while maintaining quality and compliance requirements.\n\nProcess Improvement: Champion continuous improvement in purchasing and supply chain processes, including lead time reduction, supplier consolidation, and improved demand planning.\n\nCompliance & Risk Management: Ensure all purchasing activities comply with applicable defense industry regulations and standards, including ITAR, DFARS, AS9100 flow-downs, and customer-specific requirements.\n\nInventory & Planning Support: Partner with planning and operations teams to balance material availability, inventory levels, and production variability in a high-mix environment.\n\nPerformance Metrics: Track, analyze, and report purchasing KPIs such as supplier on-time delivery, cost variance, lead time, inventory turns, and material availability, providing regular updates to site leadership.\n\nQualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field.\n\n5+ years of experience in purchasing or supply chain roles, with at least 2 years in a leadership or supervisory capacity, preferably within electronics or defense manufacturing.\n\nProven experience supporting high-mix, low-volume production environments.\n\nStrong understanding of purchasing best practices, supplier negotiations, and defense industry compliance requirements.\n\nExceptional organizational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.\n\nProficient in creating spreadsheets, analyzing data, and presenting information using Excel.\n\nMust be a U.S. Citizen.\n\nPreferred Skills:\nExperience with ERP/MRP systems and purchasing modules (e.g., XA, SAP, Oracle, or equivalent).\n\nFamiliarity with electronics components, manufacturing processes, and long-lead or sole-source materials.\n\nExperience with ITAR-controlled supply chains and supplier flow-down requirements.\n\nAbility to manage competing priorities and adapt quickly in a dynamic manufacturing environment.\n\nCuriosity and creativity in sourcing strategies, with a passion for improving processes and challenging conventional procurement models.\n\nIn our efforts to maintain a safe and drug-free workplace, Teledyne Reynolds requires that candidates complete a satisfactory background check and pass a drug screen prior to employment.\nDue to the type of work at the facility and certain access restrictions, successful applicants must be a \"US Citizen\".\nPlease note the salary range posted is a general guideline for this job level and location. When extending an offer, a variety of factors are considered such as responsibilities of the position, relevant education and experience, certifications, knowledge and skills.\nSalary Range:\n$120,300.00-$160,400.000The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, education/training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.\nTeledyne conducts background checks on qualified applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Background checks may include, but are not limited to, education verification, employment history and verification, criminal convictions, Motor Vehicle Report (MVR & driving history), reference check, credit checks/credit history and drug testing. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.\nTeledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.\nTeledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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