Buyer​/Planner

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Buyer/Planner for a direct hire opportunity in Chatsworth, CA. This role is ideal for a procurement and production planning professional who can step into a fast-paced manufacturing environment and make an immediate impact on material availability, shop floor scheduling, supplier coordination, and on-time delivery performance. The Buyer/Planner will play a key role in converting customer demand into executable production plans, managing MRP requirements, purchasing production materials and MRO supplies, and supporting engineering with sourcing needs for new designs.

This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on manufacturing operations, cross-functional teamwork, and working closely with production, engineering, shipping, receiving, vendors, and accounting. This position offers the chance to join a stable, team-oriented environment where clear communication, accountability, and proactive problem-solving are valued. The right candidate will appreciate a role with visibility, ownership, and the ability to directly influence production flow, inventory readiness, and customer delivery success.

• Build and execute master production schedules based on customer demand, sales orders, capacity, and shop floor priorities.
• Create, release, sequence, and monitor work orders, job travelers, and WIP to support production flow and resolve bottlenecks.
• Manage MRP activity to align procurement timing with production schedules and ensure component availability before jobs are released.
• Purchase production commodities and MRO supplies, including supplier follow-up, expediting, delivery tracking, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate with engineering, production, shipping, receiving, accounting, and vendors to support quality, delivery, and documentation accuracy.
• Participate in daily production huddles to track schedule attainment, OTIF performance, shortages, scrap issues, and critical priorities.

Must have experience with MRO purchase orders

• Salary range: $70,000 to $75,000 per year.
• Employment type:
  
  Direct hire.
• Location:
  
  Chatsworth, CA.

• Convert customer demand and sales orders into achievable master production schedules.
• Manage MRP planning, material availability, purchasing activity, and supplier follow-up.
• Create, release, track, and adjust work orders to support shop floor execution.
• Coordinate cross-functionally to resolve shortages, invoice discrepancies, receiving issues, quality concerns, and production delays.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in buying, production planning, materials planning, supply chain, or a related manufacturing operations role.
• Strong understanding of MRP, production scheduling, work orders, inventory planning, and shop floor coordination.
• Experience purchasing production materials, commodities, and MRO supplies.
• Ability to analyze material requirements, supplier lead times, delivery dates, and production priorities.
• Strong vendor communication skills, including expediting, shipment verification, and shortage resolution.
• Detail-oriented approach to purchase orders, work orders, engineering changes, shipping notices, and document retention.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with production leads, supervisors, engineering, shipping, receiving, and accounting.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritize urgent needs in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Experience supporting manufacturing environments with high schedule visibility and on-time delivery expectations.
• Familiarity with OTIF metrics, WIP tracking, line balancing, capacity planning, and production huddles.
• Experience sourcing materials for new…