Manufacturing Buyer

Job-:
Inventory & Planning

Location:

Pensacola, FL, United States

Schedule:

Full time, Day Posted:
Brand:
Wayne Dalton Role Summary The Buyer II is a site-facing procurement professional who owns an assigned portfolio of direct and indirect materials, with emphasis on steel, chemicals, and component hardware, for high-volume manufacturing. The role operates with greater autonomy than Buyer I and leads sourcing events, multi-supplier negotiations, supplier performance improvement, cost improvement, inventory optimization, and supply-risk mitigation. The Buyer II uses JD Edwards or Oracle, MRP, plant-level Kanban, advanced Excel analytics, and tier-board visibility to protect production continuity and manage supplier OTIF, purchase-price variance, inventory turns, backorders, and data integrity through the Oracle transition.

Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or three to five or more years of progressive manufacturing-purchasing experience.
• Proficiency in JD Edwards or Oracle purchasing and MRP systems and Kanban workflows.
• Strong Excel capability, including lookups, pivots, and basic modeling;
Power Query or Power BI preferred.
• Success managing metals, chemicals, or other long-lead or high-volatility commodities.
• Experience running RFQs, negotiating sourcing awards, and managing suppliers to performance indicators.
• Knowledge of price-break analysis, total cost of ownership, purchase-price variance, and freight and lead-time trade-offs.
• Strong open-order, expedite, RCCM, PDCA, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to maintain regular manufacturing-floor presence and follow PPE and safety requirements.
• Ability to travel approximately 5% to 10% to suppliers, ASD sites, or corporate locations.

Position Impact This role directly affects supplier delivery, purchase cost, inventory, master-data quality, and uninterrupted manufacturing execution. Success requires strong sourcing discipline, daily purchase-order management, validated cost improvement, reliable supplier performance, early shortage mitigation, and effective support of the Oracle transition.

Performance Metrics Framework Category Key  Performance Indicator Target / Expectation Purpose / Commentary Supplier Supplier  OTIF to SIOP Build Plan At least 95% monthly

Measures delivery on the acknowledged date and quantity required for weekly builds.

CostPPV / Total Cost Productivity Meet or exceed the annual plan for assigned categories

Measures Finance-validated purchased-cost improvement.

Inventory Inventory Turns with Service-Level Compliance
14 days of supply or less Measures inventory efficiency without chronic expedites or line stops.

Shortages Backorder and Expedite Reduction Month-over-month reduction with corrective actions for recurring SKUsMeasures reduction of shortage lines and expedites.

Data Integrity Item and Vendor Master Accuracy At least 98%
Measures lead-time, pricing, MOQ, and master-data accuracy.

Responsibilities Core Responsibilities
1. Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management
• Own end-to-end sourcing for assigned categories, including market research, RFQs, cost analysis, award recommendations, and contract execution.
• Lead supplier quarterly business reviews and set measurable price, OTIF, quality, and responsiveness goals.
• Drive supplier corrective actions and escalate or transition chronic underperformance.
• Develop multi-source, dual-source, safety-stock, and expediting strategies for critical commodities.
2. Planning, Ordering, and Production Protection
• Convert MRP and Kanban signals into on-time purchase orders.
• Manage open orders daily, including acknowledgments, reschedules, expedites, and cancellations.
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