2027 Associate Buyer - Hunt Valley, MD

About the Entry Level Role

As a Textron employee, you’ll take on meaningful work from day one—contributing to real projects and collaborating with experienced team members across the business. This entry-level opportunity is designed to help you build your skills, gain exposure across functions, and grow through hands- on experience, mentorship, and development opportunities.

Who We Are

Textron Systems serves defense and commercial customers with the combined expertise of its family of brands: Textron Systems, Howe & Howe, Lycoming Engines and ATAC. These segments offer specialized products and services that fall into several capability areas: Air; Land; Sea; Propulsion; Weapon Systems; Electronic Systems; and Test, Training & Simulation. We tap into these capabilities to deliver exceptional solutions, including product development and manufacturing, training, operations and support.

All efforts are backed by the strength of our parent company — Textron Inc. — which includes prominent brands such as Bell, Cessna and Beechcraft. Drawing from our diverse teams of experts and harnessing the unlimited power of teamwork, we put tomorrow’s technology in the world’s hands today.

Learn more about our products and history at TextronSystems.com.

About This Role

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Purchase materials from supplies at the lowest cost consistent with considerations of quality, reliability of source and urgency of need

• Study market trends, interview vendors and recommends sources of supply

• Solicit and analyze quotations required to satisfy all the requirements of the authorizing source documentation

• Monitor outstanding orders to ensure timely deliveries of quality products to maintain production, following up on orders to expedite shipment and delivery as needed

• Negotiate for any adjustments resulting from price analysis, discrepant materials, surplus or obsolete materials, contract terminations or a purchase order cancellation

• Obtain certifications of delivery and conduct item delivery validation. Check and improve payment of invoices

• Develop and maintain necessary records and files for compliance purposes. Support preparation of proposal cost data

• Preferred candidate will be knowledgeable in weld process, mechanical and custom fab.