Sr Buyer/Planner

PGT Industries•Nokomis, FL

2d•$69,000 - $86,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Buyer/Planner is the highest-level buying position before purchasing management and serves as a liaison between daily tactical purchasing operations and strategic and operational supply planning. The role manages purchasing activities and supplier performance to ensure materials are available for production, maintains working knowledge of buying positions and production-line supply needs, makes decisions affecting company financial performance, supports strategic plan implementation, and monitors and enforces performance metrics. The position represents corporate Supply Chain Management at the site level for purchasing and material planning. It controls inventory while supporting customer service, collaborates with strategic purchasing and suppliers, coordinates with internal departments, and participates in sales and operations planning. The role also processes and expedites orders, monitors purchasing and inventory data, approves invoices, resolves supplier issues, recommends procedural improvements, and assesses buyer performance to support career and succession planning. This position is located in North Venice, Florida, and works Monday through Friday during day-shift hours. The stated compensation range is $69,000–$86,000, depending on relevant experience and qualifications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business management or a related field, or an equivalent combination of experience and education sufficient to perform the essential functions.
Three to five years of planning or buying experience in a high-volume manufacturing facility.
Knowledge of and ability to deploy APICS, Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, and Lean Manufacturing concepts.
Ability to comply with company policies and procedures, including business ethics and export requirements.
Problem-solving ability to handle frequent challenges of simple to moderate scope in shop-floor environments, including scrap, labor and machine constraints, production delays, quality, and tooling issues.
Ability to multitask and motivate team members and others with diverse backgrounds.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to use Microsoft Office software and DataWorks or other required operating systems.
Excellent problem-solving and negotiation skills.

Nice To Haves

APICS or ISM certification.

Responsibilities

Control site inventory levels to minimize inventory investment while maintaining customer service levels.
Communicate actions taken with manufacturing.
Represent the corporate Supply Chain Management organization at the site level for purchasing and material planning activities.
Collaborate with strategic purchasing to identify and manage critical, strategic, and commodity suppliers, maximizing mutual benefit and minimizing supply risk.
Manage supplier relationships to improve information sharing and supply visibility and proactively determine future needs.
Coordinate with quality control, production, inventory control, and receiving to determine inventory needs and investigate issues.
Review and implement company inventory-management strategies and policies consistently across the site.
Monitor and plan for changing inventory requirements through participation in and development of effective sales and operations planning processes.
Coordinate activities to continuously improve site inventory levels.
Review and complete purchase orders and contact suppliers to place orders.
Expedite delivery of purchased items to meet delivery schedules.
Review purchase requisitions for authorization and required information.
Obtain supplier quotes and assist in negotiating cost-effective solutions considering total acquisition costs.
Prepare spend activity reports as directed.
Analyze raw-material, work-in-process, and finished-goods inventory data.
Enter and update information in the purchasing system.
Verify part numbers, bills of materials, and part costs in MRP, and report problems to Inventory Control.
Approve invoices for payment.
Determine corrective action for problems, including returns and exchanges of unacceptable goods.
Recommend procedure changes based on experience and research.
Assess buyers’ performance to assist the Materials Manager with career and succession planning.
Conduct supplier visits and inspections off-site as part of supply management.