Senior Buyer

About Us: Flow Control Group (FCG) is a leading provider of fluid handling, process, and industrial automation solutions across North America. We are a 100% employee-owned organization made up of over 3,000 team members and 115+ entrepreneurial brands, each empowered to think big, move fast, and bring innovative ideas to life. At FCG, we believe in the power of partnership and entrepreneurship. We work collaboratively across our brands to drive growth, unlock new opportunities, and deliver real impact for our customers, combining local expertise with national strength. Visit our Website: flowcontrolgroup.com Job Description: Position Summary: The Senior Buyer is responsible for sourcing and purchasing materials, components, fabricated products, and services supporting the company’s manufacturing and distribution operations. This role will focus on products and engineered solutions sold to data-center customers, including air compressors, pumps, valves, piping systems, fabricated skids, and related equipment. The successful candidate will have extensive purchasing experience in both manufacturing and distribution environments, strong knowledge of ERP and material-planning systems, and the technical ability to understand engineered products, drawings, specifications, bills of material, and customer requirements. This position will work closely with Engineering, Operations, Sales, Quality, Inventory Management, and suppliers to ensure materials are available at the right cost, quality, and delivery performance. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Source and purchase air compressors, pumps, valves, piping components, fabricated skids, motors, controls, instrumentation, and related materials used in data-center applications. Manage purchasing activities for both stocked distribution products and engineered-to-order manufacturing projects. Review customer requirements, bills of material, engineering drawings, specifications, and production schedules to determine material requirements. Issue requests for quotation, analyze supplier proposals, negotiate pricing and commercial terms, and issue purchase orders. Develop sourcing strategies that improve product availability, reduce total cost, shorten lead times, and strengthen supply-chain continuity. Work closely with Engineering and Project Management to source technically compliant components for custom skid packages and integrated systems. Monitor purchase orders, supplier acknowledgments, production schedules, and delivery commitments to ensure materials arrive on time. Identify potential material shortages, long-lead-time items, and supply risks before they affect customer delivery or manufacturing schedules. Maintain accurate purchasing data within the ERP system, including supplier information, pricing, lead times, order quantities, and delivery dates. Use ERP-generated demand, inventory levels, forecasts, customer orders, and production requirements to make purchasing decisions. Balance inventory availability with working-capital objectives, stocking policies, customer demand, and service-level expectations. Negotiate supplier pricing, payment terms, freight terms, warranties, stocking agreements, and other commercial conditions. Develop and maintain strong relationships with manufacturers, distributors, fabricators, and strategic supply partners. Evaluate supplier performance based on quality, delivery, cost, responsiveness, and technical capability. Participate in supplier business reviews, corrective-action activities, and supplier-development initiatives. Collaborate with Quality Assurance to resolve supplier nonconformances, defective materials, documentation issues, and corrective actions. Support cost-reduction, value-engineering, standardization, and supplier-consolidation initiatives. Assist Sales and Estimating with supplier quotations, material costs, lead times, and sourcing strategies for data-center opportunities. Ensure purchasing activities comply with c…

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