Buyer/Planner
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About the Opportunity:
Join Norman Filter/Equipment Company, a family-owned and operated organization with businesses spanning both manufacturing and fluid power distribution. With a strong commitment to our people and our customers, we continually invest in our people, process
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es, and systems to support long-term growth and operational excellence.
We're looking for a Buyer/Planner to support purchasing, demand and supply planning, inventory management, and continuous improvement across Norman Equipment and Norman Filter Company. This role offers a unique opportunity to work across multiple areas of the supply chain. You'll support Purchase Order management for Norman Equipment, our distribution business, while taking on more complex planning, data, inventory, and supply chain responsibilities supporting Norman Filter Company, our manufacturing business.
We're looking for someone who brings experience as a Buyer, Planner, Scheduler, or similar supply chain professional and understands how decisions in one area affect the processes upstream and downstream. The right person will be comfortable working within an MRP-based ERP system, understand the importance of accurate master data, and bring the drive and curiosity to help improve how things are done.
What You'll Do:
As Buyer/Planner, you'll manage day-to-day purchasing responsibilities while using data and MRP tools to help Norman companies effectively manage supply, demand, inventory, and material flow. You'll also work closely with teams across the organization, including buyers, Shipping & Receiving, Accounts Payable, Customer Service, Sales, and other supply chain and operational functions.
Key responsibilities include:
• Manage activities throughout the Purchase Order lifecycle, including reviewing demand and supply signals, PO entry and maintenance, supplier pricing, lead times, and supplier communication.
• Analyze demand, inventory levels, forecasts, stocking requirements, and other supply chain data to support purchasing and planning decisions.
• Manage supply and demand positions using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools.
• Create and maintain reorder points (ROPs), economic order quantities (EOQs), and planning strategies for long-lead-time items.
• Maintain accurate master data within Epicor ERP, understanding how data accuracy impacts planning, purchasing, inventory, and downstream processes.
• Maintain supplier pricing, discount structures, lead times, and other critical purchasing and planning data.
• Support inventory management activities, including ABC classification, cycle counting, stocking strategies, and inventory accuracy improvements.
• Partner cross-functionally to improve material and information flow throughout the organization.
• Communicate with suppliers and negotiate improved pricing and terms when appropriate.
• Support the continued use and optimization of Epicor ERP, including system settings, documentation, data accuracy, and process improvements.
• Support supply chain metrics and KPIs and assist with root-cause analysis and corrective-action activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve purchasing, planning, inventory management, and broader supply chain processes.
• Support additional supply chain and operational projects as assigned.
What We're Looking For:
The ideal candidate combines hands-on supply chain experience with strong systems, data, and planning capabilities. Just as importantly, we're looking for someone with drive, grit, curiosity, and a continuous-improvement mindset who can bring new ideas and perspectives to the team. You may come from a buying, planning, scheduling, or similar supply chain background. We don't expect you to have personally performed every function across the supply chain, but you should understand how purchasing, planning, production, inventory, warehousing, and logistics co