Buyer and Planner

IRISS is seeking a Buyer and Planner to join our Supply Chain team in Bradenton, Florida.

The Buyer and Planner converts customer delivery requirements and the demand plan into coordinated production schedules, material requirements, and supplier delivery plans. The role maintains the master production schedule for all production processes, executes authorized purchasing activities, and monitors manufacturing and supplier performance daily.

Working with the Supply Chain Planning Manager, Production, Warehouse, Quality, and suppliers, this role translates agreed priorities into work orders and purchase order actions. The position follows up on commitments, resolves exceptions, and escalates risks early to protect customer delivery dates and control inventory.

• Develop and maintain the master production schedule for all production processes, aligning work center and product family requirements with customer delivery dates and agreed priorities.
• Translate the master schedule into daily and weekly work center schedules and work orders across punch, press brake, stud insertion, spot weld, powder coat, assembly, and other required operations.
• Confirm material readiness, routing and revision requirements, and available capacity with Production and Manufacturing Engineering before releasing orders or proposing completion dates.
• Maintain a prioritized plan for open and past-due orders; control schedule changes within agreed time fences and communicate impacts on downstream operations and delivery commitments.
• Track work order progress, aging, work in process, and completion dates; coordinate timely transactions and closure with Production and Warehouse.

• Review material requirements planning (MRP) output and translate demand into time-phased purchase requirements, considering usable stock, reservations, open orders, approved inventory policies, and lead times.
• Create and maintain purchase orders using approved suppliers, pricing, terms, quantities, and purchasing authority; obtain required approvals before commitments or changes.
• Provide suppliers with delivery schedules and demand visibility; secure acknowledgments, quantities, and confirmed shipment and arrival dates.
• Expedite shortages and late orders; propose deferrals or cancellations when requirements change and coordinate outside-processing purchases and deliveries with production needs.

• Review actual output against the production schedule every day by process or work center, identifying missed quantities, late operations, and risks to customer orders.
• Coordinate daily with Team Leads, supervisors, and Planning on material shortages, capacity constraints, quality holds, downtime, and recovery actions with owners and due dates.
• Update the schedule and order status from verified shop‑floor information; publish plan-versus-actual results, shortages, recovery dates, and unresolved risks to the Supply Chain Planning Manager.

• Track supplier delivery performance against required dates and confirmed commitments, including overdue orders, shortages, partial receipts, and repeated delays.
• Obtain supplier recovery plans with confirmed quantities and dates; monitor progress and elevate supply or capacity risks that threaten production.
• Coordinate receipt discrepancies and supplier quality issues with Receiving, Quality, and suppliers. Track returns or replacements and update material availability and affected schedules.

• Understand customer orders, forecast changes, product mix, lead times, and demand assumptions; assess their effect on production, material, and supplier requirements.
• Work with the Supply Chain Planning Manager to confirm priorities, allocate constrained supply, and sequence work. Translate decisions into production schedules, purchase order changes, and supplier follow‑up.
• Provide current supply and production status for customer delivery reviews and SIOP; communicate delivery risks through the agreed process before customer commitments are changed.

• Maintain accurate ERP work order and purchase order dates, quantities, acknowledgments, and status. Review MRP exceptions and close out completed or obsolete requirements.
• Validate lead times, order quantities, safety stock, and reorder parameters with the Supply Chain Planning…