Supply Chain Buyer
Los Angeles, CA$73k - $134kFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
The Supply Chain Buyer is responsible for end-to-end procurement execution and supplier management in support of Hadrian's supply chain, owning the full lifecycle from RFQ through PO execution to hit cost, quality, and schedule targets while maintaining supplier relationships for long-term program success.
Responsibilities
- Lead sourcing efforts across your assigned commodity or program area, including RFQ development, supplier selection, negotiation, and PO management through acknowledgement.
- Serve as the primary interface between suppliers and customers, ensuring alignment on requirements, timelines, and quality standards across the supply chain.
- Own demand fulfillment accountability, with a relentless focus on quality, while optimizing for cost and schedule.
- Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships, using performance data and KPIs to drive accountability, continuous improvement, and root cause resolution in partnership with Supplier Quality.
- Provide tactical support on both customer and supplier contracts, ensuring commercial and technical requirements are executed and upheld.
- Identify process gaps and build or improve operational workflows where they don't yet exist.
- Maintain tight feedback loop with internal supplier quality to ensure issue resolution is swift and accurate.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of relevant experience in procurement or supply chain execution owning commodities such as machined components, electronics, sheet metal, raw material, PCB/PCBA, capex, indirect.
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, or related field.
- Strong project management instincts: able to juggle multiple accounts and competing priorities with high attention to detail and clear, proactive communication to all stakeholders.
- Comfortable navigating engineering data (drawings, GD&T, specifications) to interpret manufacturing requirements.
- Proven ability to build cross-functional relationships with engineers, supply chain peers, and other internal stakeholders alike.
- Experience working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments where priorities shift and speed matters.
- Proficiency with ERP related systems and purchasing/planning functions.
Skills
Required:Sourcing and RFQ managementSupplier relationship managementERP and purchasing/planning systemsEngineering data interpretation (GD&T, drawings)
Nice to have:Contract support
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- 401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
- Flexible vacation policy
- Equity
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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