Buyer

WENCOR

📍Hauppauge, NY
Posted May 21, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Buyer

Company

WENCOR

Location

Hauppauge, NY

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4416736672

Job Description

Seal Dynamics (A HEICO Company) founded in 1976, with its corporate headquarters based in Hauppauge, NY is a world leader in technical sales and the distribution of aerospace components.

Our unique marketing and technical sales approach is the most effective way to assist our customers in selecting products that reduce cost of ownership. Our current product portfolio includes structural, mechanical and electro-mechanical products associated with both airframe and engine applications across all ATA Chapters. Through our strategic partnerships with some of the most respected OEMs in the aviation industry, Seal Dynamics stocks and distributes in excess of 100,000 products globally in support of our customer requirements.

In addition to our distribution network, Seal Dynamics is a market leader in the design and development of FAA approved alternative parts. Our OEM licensed PMAs and Test and Computation PMAs offer our customers viable solutions in the reduction of operational costs.

ROLE: Buyer
This is an on-site role based in Hauppauge, NY.
Performs a variety of activities related to the procurement of products, inventory management and logistics in accordance with purchasing regulations and procedures. These activities include purchase order administration, open order book management, freight selection, inventory planning models, cost negotiation and communication with internal and external contacts. This position requires initiative, independent judgment, excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build relationships with our Strategic Partners.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Administers purchase orders from approval phase through order placement and acknowledgment.

  • Manages Strategic Partner open backlog to ensure timely delivery of products and minimize past dues.

  • Identification and selection of cost-effective logistics providers.

  • Clear and concise communication with both internal and external contacts. Schedules regular calls with supplier base.

  • Recommends and creates inventory planning models to satisfy customer demands and optimize turns.

  • Processes unique purchasing transactions according to company policy and ASA or ISO standards, industry specifications, and government regulations.

  • Identifies and selects strategic suppliers to procure products, meeting criteria such as price, quantity, quality and delivery date.

  • In some instances, the Buyer will be responsible for the oversite of customs clearance requirements.

  • Works with Product Management to ensure the correct products are in place to achieve sales forecast and order fill rates.

  • KPI’s: Product Line Sales to Forecast, Order Fill Rates, Supplier Delivery Performance and Inventory Turns.

  • Supports kitting programs with sourcing components and releasing jobs into production.

  • Builds and maintains effective working relationships with suppliers and internal personnel.

  • Inventory planning and freight cost reduction.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you approach creating and recommending inventory planning models to ensure you meet customer demand while optimizing inventory turns?
  • 2.Can you explain your process for identifying and selecting cost-effective logistics providers while balancing cost and delivery speed?
  • 3.This role requires processing purchasing transactions according to ASA, ISO, and government regulations. How do you ensure compliance when administering purchase orders?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to manage a strategic partner's open backlog to minimize past-due deliveries. How did you handle it?
  • 2.Describe a situation where you successfully negotiated costs with a supplier to reduce operational expenses.
  • 3.Give me an example of how you collaborated with Product Management to ensure the correct products were in place to achieve a sales forecast.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You discover that a critical shipment from a strategic partner is severely delayed, which will directly impact a key customer's order fill rate. What is your immediate course of action?
  • 2.You are tasked with sourcing components for a new kitting program, but your usual strategic partners cannot meet the required price or delivery date. What do you do?

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ProcurementPurchase Order AdministrationInventory PlanningSupplier Relationship ManagementCost NegotiationAerospace ComponentsLogistics OptimizationBacklog ManagementOrder Fill RateASA/ISO StandardsCustoms ClearanceKitting Programs

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