Senior Buyer​/Procurement Specialist

Senior Buyer / Procurement Specialist – Manufacturing
Mr. Steam | Long Island City, New York
Full-Time | Fully Onsite | Monday–Friday
Build Broader Procurement Experience in a Hands-On Manufacturing Environment

Mr. Steam, a manufacturing business within the American Bath Group organization, is seeking a Senior Buyer / Procurement Specialist to join its Long Island City operation.

This position is designed for a procurement professional who already has direct supplier experience, practical negotiation capability, and a working understanding of purchasing, inventory, and material planning. It is not an entry-level training position, a people-management role, or a narrowly transactional purchasing job.

The Procurement Buyer / Planner will manage an assigned portfolio of suppliers and materials while working closely with production, quality, engineering, warehouse, inventory, finance, and other internal partners. You will support the complete material lifecycle—from the initial purchasing requirement through delivery, inventory use, quality disposition, return, credit, or final resolution.

As you develop product knowledge, supplier familiarity, and sound business judgment, you will be expected to take increasing ownership of routine procurement decisions and demonstrate readiness for broader responsibility.

• Manage an assigned portfolio of materials and suppliers.
• Create and maintain accurate purchase orders, quantities, pricing, delivery dates, acknowledgements, and supporting documentation.
• Solicit supplier quotations and compare pricing, lead times, terms, and other commercial considerations.
• Negotiate routine pricing, delivery, lead-time, minimum-order-quantity, expedite, and supplier-recovery matters.
• Interpret demand, inventory levels, open purchase orders, supplier commitments, lead times, and production priorities.
• Identify material shortages, late deliveries, changing requirements, and supplier risks before they disrupt production.
• Communicate directly with suppliers regarding order status, commitments, delivery concerns, pricing discrepancies, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate returns, rework, replacement materials, credits, supplier corrective actions, and return material authorizations.
• Participate directly in cycle counts and inventory-discrepancy resolution.
• Work with production, quality, engineering, receiving, and warehouse employees to investigate material and supplier issues.
• Identify possible alternate sources and participate in supplier evaluation and sourcing discussions.
• Document cost savings, cost avoidance, improved terms, alternate-source opportunities, and supplier-performance improvements.
• Escalate higher-risk or nonstandard issues with a clear analysis and recommended course of action.

During your first several months, you will learn Mr. Steam’s products, materials, suppliers, ERP/MRP processes, purchasing routines, inventory practices, cycle-count procedures, quality processes, and internal operating workflows.

As you gain experience in the operation, you will independently manage routine supplier communication, purchase-order activity, material shortages, changing production requirements, inventory discrepancies, returns, credits, and supplier recovery matters.

By the end of your first year, you should be operating with substantial independence across your assigned portfolio while appropriately escalating higher-risk decisions.

The broader operating environment includes approximately 1,500 SKUs
, with the assigned portfolio potentially fluctuating around 500 to 700 items
.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate:

• Direct supplier communication and relationship ownership.
• Personal responsibility for RFQs, quotation…