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Purchasing Manager

Safran

Lancaster, NYFull-time$108–122K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$108–122K/yr
Location
Lancaster, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Safran Aerosystems Oxygen Systems US seeks a Purchasing Manager to direct the purchasing department and maintain a stable, quality supply chain for existing products and new product development. The role supports customer requirements and company initiatives through procurement strategy, supplier negotiations, cost management, KPI oversight, ERP data management, process improvement, and team development. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Procurement StrategyContract NegotiationSupplier ManagementCost ReductionERPTeam Management

Qualifications

Bachelor's DegreeMore Than 5 Years ExperienceUS Citizenship or Permanent ResidencyUS Work Authorization Without Sponsorship

Full job description

Purchasing Manager

Job details

General information

Entity

Safran is an international high-technology group operating in the fields of aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes ever more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Present on every continent, the Group employs 110,000 people and generated €31.3 billion in revenue in 2025. Safran holds, either independently or through partnerships, leading global or European positions in its markets.

Safran was ranked second in the Aerospace & Defense sector in TIME magazine's ""World's Best Companies 2025"" ranking.

Join Safran Aerosystems: an international leader in aviation safety, fluid management and fuel systems. Our strength? Innovating to enhance flight safety (oxygen systems, evacuation systems, flotation systems) and driving the transition toward decarbonized aviation through sustainable fuels. 6,200 employees, operations in 7 countries, and one shared objective: a safer sky.

Reference number

2026-191274

Job details

Domain

Performance and Support

Job field / Job profile

Purchasing - Management of purchasing domains

Job title

Purchasing Manager

Employment type

Permanent

Professional category

Professional, Engineer & Manager

Part time / Full time

Full-time

Job description

Safran Aerosystems Oxygen Systems US (AVOX Systems Inc) is a U.S. based Safran Company located in Lancaster, NY that designs, manufactures and services oxygen life support respiratory systems, related personal protective equipment, and aircraft accessories for the aviation and government markets. Safran Aerosystems Oxygen Systems US functions as a part of Safran, with international locations. We provide innovative oxygen solutions to the aircraft industry.

Responsible for directing and managing activities of the purchasing department in the procurement of materials and components to support existing products and new product development programs to ensure a stable and quality supply chain in maintained to meet customer requirements and company's strategic initiatives.

Candidate skills & requirements

Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing:

  • Develop and implement procurement strategies to interface with all functional and cross-functional teams requiring the sourcing of services, components and materials for the production of life support products.

  • Direct contract negotiations with major suppliers to secure a consistent supply of quality components at competitive prices.

  • Work closely with new product development team to understand present and pending and ensure required level of support for new product development.

  • Ensure components and materials are delivered on-time, within cost parameters and that meet quality specifications

  • Prepare and maintain standard language for purchase orders and work with legal to finalize contracts/agreements to assure that proper flow down of customer requirements are communicated to suppliers.

  • Lead effort to reduce material variances on purchased components.

  • Responsible for achieving annual cost reduction targets established by Director of Supply Chain.

  • Measure and consolidate on supplier time delivery

  • Manage all procurement KPI's, and improvement plan

  • Data management of key parameters in ERP

  • Manage disputes and escalation when needed

  • Propose procurement process improvement plan

  • Manage procurement team and develop skills

  • Manage yearly cost roll in ERP

*Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

*All applicants must be a US citizen or US Permanent Resident (i,e., Green Card Holder)

  • Relocation is not provided for this position.

Annual salary

$108k-$122k

Job location

Job location

North America, United States, New York

City (-ies)

225 Erie Street 14086 Lancaster, New York

Applicant criteria

Minimum education level achieved

Bachelor's Degree

Minimum experience level required

More than 5 years

ITAR Controlled Position: Select "Yes" if role requires U.S. citizenship/permanent residency

No

How this job compares

Set against the 1,193 open Procurement Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$108–122K/yr
  • New York median$104–133K/yr35 salary ranges
  • US median$110–183K/yr744 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $115K, is 5% below the New York median midpoint ($121K) — in the middle half of Procurement Manager salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 58 open Procurement Manager jobs in New York and 1,193 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Procurement Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (1,044 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 587 of the 1,193 open Procurement Manager jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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