Commodity Buyer​/Planner

Overview

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This role is responsible for sourcing, negotiating, purchasing, inventory planning, and supplier management activities with a strong emphasis on ...

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Management

• Lead sourcing, purchasing, and supplier management activities for aluminum, steel, and other direct production materials.
• Negotiate pricing, contracts, lead times, and commercial agreements with suppliers to achieve cost, quality, and delivery objectives.
• Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships while managing supplier performance and accountability.
• Monitor aluminum, steel, and commodity market trends to support strategic purchasing decisions and cost management initiatives.
• Identify and implement cost-reduction opportunities, supplier consolidation initiatives, and value engineering projects.
• Manage inventory levels and demand planning activities to support production requirements while reducing excess inventory and DIOH.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Operations, Inventory Control, and Finance teams to ensure uninterrupted material flow.
• Maintain accurate vendor records, pricing agreements, lead times, and purchase order documentation.
• Analyze spend, purchasing trends, and supplier performance metrics to support data-driven sourcing decisions.
• Coordinate local freight and logistics activities to ensure on-time delivery and transportation compliance.
• Resolve supplier quality, delivery, and performance issues while driving corrective actions.
• Support global sourcing initiatives, supplier onboarding, audits, and compliance documentation.
• Prepare purchasing reports, supplier scorecards, KPIs, and management summaries.
• Assist with inventory cycle counts and inventory accuracy initiatives.
• Support ERP/MRP planning activities and ensure purchasing data integrity.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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Teamwork

• Identify and implement cost-reduction opportunities, supplier consolidation initiatives, and value engineering projects. Manage inventory levels and demand planning activities to support production requirements while reducing excess inventory and DIOH.

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Analysis

• Analyze spend, purchasing trends, and supplier performance metrics to support data-driven sourcing decisions. Coordinate local freight and logistics activities to ensure on-time delivery and transportation compliance.

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Performance

• Prepare purchasing reports, supplier scorecards, KPIs, and management summaries. Assist with inventory cycle counts and inventory accuracy initiatives.

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Education

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field.

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Experience

• 3-7+ years of purchasing, procurement, commodity buying, or strategic sourcing experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Direct experience purchasing aluminum, steel, metals, industrial raw materials, or related manufacturing commodities.
• Demonstrated success negotiating supplier pricing, contracts, and commercial agreements.
• Experience managing supplier relationships and driving supplier performance improvements.
• Strong understanding of MRP, inventory planning, material flow, and manufacturing procurement processes.
• Experience utilizing ERP systems such as SAP, Epicor, Oracle, Infor, JD Edwards, Net Suite, or similar platforms.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including reporting, analysis, and spend management.
• Strong analytical, organizational, negotiation, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

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Knowledge

• Strong understanding of MRP, inventory planning, material flow, and manufacturing procurement processes.

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Skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including reporting, analysis, and spend management.
• Strong analytical, organizational, negotiation, and problem-solving ...
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing…