PBH Administrator - Senior Buyer (Brazil, reporting to Global Team)

About the role

Bristow is hiring a PBH Administrator (also referred to as Senior Buyer) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who reports to the Global Team. The role covers the planning, ordering and follow-up of parts exchanges for aircraft covered under PBH agreements, including coordination with vendors and customers.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor PBH component forecasts continuously and initiate advanced planning orders so that parts are on site 30 days before the scheduled need date for each assigned aircraft model.
• Work the Ramco plan page for PBH material request requirements.
• Understand and execute PBH agreements and domestic and/or international customer support agreements for the assigned aircraft models.
• Determine when Era-owned assets should be transferred based on urgency to meet AOG requirements when vendors cannot provide a timely PBH exchange.
• Use Ramco to generate PBH exchange purchase orders and compile reports on open orders, keeping need dates accurate.
• Submit PBH purchase orders through vendor portals and/or email, follow up on acknowledgements, and update vendor correspondence, shipping details and ETAs in Ramco.
• Process and coordinate returns of PBH exchange cores from field bases and locally, ensuring cores sent to the Return to Vendor warehouse are shipped within 48 hours.
• Request and secure component hard cards needed to ship with returned cores.
• Provide daily, weekly and monthly reports on the status of PBH cores due and past-due issues to Maintenance and Supply Management.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Purchasing Manager.

Required profile

• Strong maintenance and/or inventory planning background.
• Solid understanding of procurement principles, planning, transportation, cost structures and negotiation techniques.
• One to five years of procurement or sub-contract execution experience, including materials management and supply chain environments, preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment, working independently and as part of a team.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Working knowledge of ERP and purchasing software preferred.
• Solid understanding of general accounting principles and the financial impact of inventory transactions preferred.