Strategic Sourcing Associate — Level 3
Precision CastpartsHighlight
Summary
About the Role
About You
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field; a master’s degree is a plus.
- 4–7+ years of strategic sourcing or procurement experience in manufacturing, preferably aerospace.
- Strong experience leading complex negotiations and drafting multi-year agreements.
- Proficiency in AS9100 aerospace quality requirements, ITAR/EAR export regulations, and FAR/DFARS compliance.
- Advanced Excel and data-analysis ability; Power BI or Tableau skills are a plus.
- Ability to read engineering drawings and special-process requirements with enough depth to challenge cost drivers.
- Commodity expertise in machining, castings/forgings, electronics/printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA), composites, or aerospace fasteners.
- Experience with NADCAP special processes and supplier development.
- Background supporting defense or government programs and related cybersecurity posture requirements.
- Certifications such as CPSM, Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
- Experience with should-cost/clean-sheet modeling and VA/VE programs.
With more than 120 operations and 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, forgings, and clad products for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.