Senior Purchasing Manager (Temporary)

Torrance, CA
Temporary
Operations
Senior Manager/Supervisor
Intellisense Systems, Inc. is a privately held company with a proven track record of developing and deploying innovative products that successfully operate in the most extreme environments.  We are a fast-growing Southern California technology innovator that solves tough, mission-critical challenges for our customers in the aerospace, defense, and commercial markets.  We design, develop, and manufacture advanced products for ground, maritime, and airborne applications.

The Senior Purchasing Manager is responsible for maintaining and standardizing purchasing, shipping, and receiving activities for Intellisense.  They will take full responsibility to implement purchasing policies and procedures for the entire corporation.

This is a temporary assignment on-site in Torrance lasting until approximately July 2026

Responsibilities:
 
  • Implement and maintain corporate purchasing systems and procedures, which enable ISI to purchase from suppliers with the best delivery terms, quality, and total cost performance. Familiarity with AS9100 is required. 
  • Implement policies and procedures to enable ISI to enter partnerships with our suppliers, which foster excellent performance. 
  • Implement contractor purchasing system review (CPSR) policies and procedures to ensure ISI complies with Department of Defense requirements
  • Collaborate with other managers to determine supply needs.
  • Negotiate unique subcontracts and purchasing arrangements using knowledge that is based on a technical understanding of the types of purchases to be made, market factors and internal requirements.
  • Maintains and furnishes purchasing records, analyses, cost data and reports for use in scheduling, planning, budgeting and other functional activities.
  • Work closely with purchasing planners and coordinators to effectively manage material demand and supply flow.
  • Expedite material from suppliers through receiving and inspection. Working with supplier to ensure accurate and timely of product and submissions of documents.
  • Manages packaging and shipping per customer requirements.
  • Administers new/changed supplier information to protect ISI and customer’s reputation
  • Administer supplier improvement process to include quantitative supplier performance measures for quality and delivery performance.
  • Ensures that adequate resources are provided for the purchasing/supply chain team.
  • Accomplish Continuous Improvement initiatives: focus on cost savings, gross margin improvement, etc.
  • Implement training programs for purchasing policies and procedures. Recent and detailed experience with Contractor Purchasing System Reviews (normally conducted by DCMA.)
  • Job responsibilities within our organization are dynamic.  This may not be a complete list of duties.  Other responsibilities and duties may be assigned by your supervisor or upper management at any time.

Requirements:
 
  • Bachelors’ Degree in Materials Management, Business Operations/Administration, Finance, or Related Field.
  • Master’s degree in business is a plus
  • 10+ years of purchasing experience within the aerospace or electronics manufacturing industry.
  • 5+ years of supervisory experience that includes establishing goals and objectives for the purchasing department, coordinating purchasing activities, assigning/scheduling tasks, communicating expectations and deliverables.
  • Strong contract negotiation skills of complex requests for equipment, supplies, and services from suppliers and subcontractors.
  • Experience with Deltek Costpoint ERP/MRP System required
  • Certifications from Industry associations are a plus (CPM/CPPM)
  • Excellent communication skills – verbal and written 
  • US Citizenship is required

What You Can Expect:
 
  • The ability to innovate, develop, and transition prototype technologies into new products, and to be rewarded for successful transitions.
  • The chance to continually work on new differentiating technologies and implement simple elegant solutions to meet customer needs and that make an impact.
  • Leadership that enables its engineers with all the tools they need to be successful.

Pay Range:

$66.00-$90.00/hour
However, base salary for this position will vary based on your skills, qualifications, and experience.


The unique culture at Intellisense offers the entrepreneurial spirit of a smaller company with the support and expertise of a larger organization. We are looking for individuals that have a wide breadth of experience while also being subject matter experts in their respective field.


If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact us by phone at 424-319-7813 or by email at [email protected] 

Unless otherwise stated in the requirements section of an individual job listing, our positions require U.S. Citizenship, U.S. Permanent Residency, or other status as a U.S. Person as defined by 8 USC 1324b(a)(3). Intellisense Systems, Inc is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, or other legally protected status.

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