Purchasing & Materials Planner

The ideal candidate is an organized, analytical, and commercially minded supply-chain professional who can shift between urgent material needs and longer-term sourcing initiatives. Manufacturing experience, sound commercial judgment, strong follow-through, and comfort managing multiple suppliers, commodities, and priorities are essential. Duties and Responsibilities: 1. Procure materials, components, supplies, and services to support production and customer requirements while meeting cost, quality, delivery, and inventory objectives. 2. Review material requirements, issue and maintain purchase orders, and expedite deliveries based on production schedules, customer demand, inventory, supplier lead times, and planning parameters. 3. Obtain and analyze supplier quotations and make purchasing recommendations based on price, quality, availability, lead time, capacity, supplier performance, and total cost. 4. Identify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers and alternative sources; develop and maintain supplier agreements and commercial terms. 5. Lead strategic sourcing initiatives and pursue measurable cost reductions through competitive bidding, negotiation, value engineering, supplier consolidation, should-cost analysis, and supply-chain optimization. 6. Monitor supplier delivery, quality, responsiveness, lead time, capacity, cost, and service; conduct performance reviews and support supplier-development activities. 7. Review demand, forecasts, sales orders, inventory, work orders, and production requirements to plan material availability and proactively address shortages or schedule risks. 8. Maintain planning parameters and support inventory analysis, cycle counts, investigations, adjustments, and actions addressing slow-moving, obsolete, excess, or shortage inventory. 9. Partner with Production, Engineering, Quality, Customer Service, Accounting, Product Management, and other business units on material priorities, new products, supplier transitions, cost reduction, and delivery commitments. 10. Maintain accurate ERP/MRP, purchasing, supplier, part, pricing, lead-time, inventory, work-order, and performance records in accordance with company and ISO requirements. 11. Interact and communicate with all levels of employees within the Company, as well as suppliers, customers and peers effectively. 12. Comply with policies, procedures, standards and rules of the Company. 13. Maintain work area in a clean, orderly and safe manner. 14. Punctual, regular and consistent attendance. 15. Perform all other job-related duties as assigned. Required Education and Experience Three or more years of purchasing, procurement, material planning, inventory control, supply chain, or materials-management experience in a manufacturing environment Experience leading supplier negotiations, competitive bids, sourcing events, and supplier agreements, with demonstrated cost savings or supplier-performance improvement. Experience with production planning, scheduling, MRP, bills of material, purchase orders, work orders, inventory transactions, and production material requirements. Working knowledge of manufacturing ERP/MRP systems and the ability to learn and effectively use the AS400 ERP system. Global Shop ERP experience is a plus. Intermediate-to-advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data analysis, lookups, pivot tables, and clear reporting; working proficiency in Word, Outlook, and Teams. Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, negotiation, relationship-management, and written and verbal communication skills. High school diploma or equivalent required. A bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field is preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered. APICS CSCP, ISM CPSM, CPM, or an equivalent supply-chain or procurement certification is preferred. Ability to read, write, and follow verbal instructions in Standard English required. Physical and Technical Environment: Minimal lifting up to 25 pounds occasionally. Must be able to sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, bend, and stoop in a normal office environment. Regularly required to walk or stand, bend or twist, climb, reach with hands or arms. Ability to routinely travel throughout multi-floor office and shop area, walking, climbing stairs, utilizing elevator. Clean and orderly manufacturing environment and/or normal office conditions, changing deadlines and project requirements, strict time constraints. Note: The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to the job. They are not construed to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in the job. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer. Equal Opportunity Employer- M/F/Disabled/Vets