Buyer / Planner
Randstad USAWe are seeking a detail-oriented, highly collaborative Buyer Planner to join our Operations team in an exempt, salaried capacity reporting directly to the Master Planner, with compensation commensurate with experience. In this pivotal role, you will coordinate procurement and material planning activities essential to powering manufacturing operations, directly ensuring the timely availability of c
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ritical raw materials and components while strategically optimizing inventory levels, controlling costs, and fostering supplier partnerships. Working cross-functionally alongside production, engineering, and logistics, you will analyze demand forecasts, master production schedules, and inventory targets to develop viable, attainable material plans that prevent shortages, excess, and obsolescence. Your daily responsibilities encompass creating and firming production orders for assigned work centers, issuing and managing purchase orders, confirming shipments, expediting critical deliveries, and actively sourcing, negotiating, and evaluating suppliers based on cost, quality, and lead-time performance. In addition to proactively resolving material shortages and communicating supply risks and mitigation strategies to stakeholders, you will maintain meticulous master data integrity within ERP/MRP systems (such as D-365, SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite), track essential KPIs including inventory turns and on-time service levels, drive continuous process improvements, support shipping and receiving functions as operational needs require, and uphold 5S and Good Manufacturing Practice standards. Qualified candidates will possess a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Management or a related field (or equivalent practical experience/two-year technical degree) accompanied by 2 to 5+ years of procurement, planning, or supply chain experience within a manufacturing environment, including at least 2 years focused on production planning or ERP administrative workflows. Proficiency in advanced Microsoft Excel and broader Office tools, negotiation and analytical problem-solving abilities, familiarization with bills of materials (BOMs) and electronics specifications, and eligibility to handle ITAR-controlled technical data without an export license are required. This full-time position is an on-site, desk-based role that involves standard office physical demands, occasional light lifting up to 15 pounds, and regular movement across office, production, and shipping floor areas.
salary: $50,000 - $75,000 per year
shift: First
work hours: 7 AM - 3:30 PM
education: Bachelors
Responsibilities
• Analyze demand forecasts, production schedules, and inventory targets to develop material plans
• Ensure timely availability of raw materials and components to support manufacturing operations
• Monitor and manage inventory levels to prevent shortages, excess, and obsolescence
• Issue and manage purchase orders, including order confirmations, changes, and expediting
• Source and evaluate suppliers based on cost, quality, and delivery performance
• Negotiate pricing, lead times, and terms with suppliers as appropriate
• Track and report supplier performance, addressing any delivery or quality issues
• Collaborate with production, engineering, and logistics teams to align material needs
• Communicate material risks, delays, and mitigation strategies to stakeholders
• Firms and/or create production orders for assigned work centers
• Uses critical thinking to ensure plans are attainable
• Work on material shortages and communicate with the necessary teams
• Work toward exceeding all timelines and delivery goals for both internal and external customers.
• Maintain accurate data within ERP/MRP systems
• Analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) such as inventory turns, service levels, and supplier performance
• Identify and implement cost savings and process improvement opportunities
• Supports the Master Planner by performing assigned planning and coordination duties to maintain opera