Buyer, Design & Architecture

As a Buyer, you are a key part of the Global Supply Chain & Procurement team within Operations. This role will be instrumental in procuring the materials and components to support our manufacturing operations, ensuring we meet customer demand. This role involves collaborating with suppliers to negotiate favorable terms, manage inventory levels, and streamline purchasing processes. Your organizational skills and ability to build strong relationships will be essential as you oversee purchase orders, delivery schedules, and product costs.

If you're a detail-oriented individual with a passion for driving cost savings and operational excellence, we encourage you to apply.

Onlogic maintains a strong culture of in-person collaboration. This is an onsite role at Onlogic headquarters in South Burlington, Vermont.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams including engineering, project management, finance & product to identify purchasing priorities.
• Monitoring and managing purchase orders (POs), inventory levels and delivery schedules to ensure timely availability of materials and components.
• Setting up and managing vendor managed inventory (VMI) programs, negotiating MOQs and leading end of life (EOL) management of obsolescence materials and components inventory.
• Researching and evaluating potential suppliers based on quality, cost, & delivery capabilities.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers to foster collaboration, compliance and continuous improvement.
• Managing supplier communications to review delivery schedules and key activities for assigned materials, suppliers and new product development projects (NPD).
• Running supplier reviews (QBRs), maintaining and reviewing lead times, MOQs, expedites on monthly and quarterly basis.
• Running RFQs/RFPs and negotiating contracts including NDAs, SOWs, price sheets with suppliers to secure the best possible pricing, MOQ, lead times and terms & conditions.
• Developing and implementing procurement strategies for assigned materials and suppliers to optimize costs and lead times.
• Staying up-to-date on industry trends and best practices in procurement including mitigating risk, supporting data collection and analytics.
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant procurement regulations and policies.

Our Operations team is responsible for building, testing, packaging and shipping OnLogic technology around the world. Their tireless attention to detail, and commitment to quality lets us boast about how reliable and configurable our systems are. Members of the Operations team cross-train on multiple disciplines to provide us with unparalleled staffing flexibility and the capability to react to any production demand.

Always living up to the way we work through continuous improvement and process optimization, Operations is where project plans and technical specifications become a reality. Roles on the Operations team include computer production, hardware testing, fulfillment services, supply chain management, product and process quality, production engineering, and technical support.

• Learn more about Life at OnLogic:

• 3-5 years of experience in buying, purchasing or supply chain roles. Experience working with electronics components or in device manufacturing preferred.
• Proficient in ERP systems (e.g., SAP, JDE, Oracle)
• Familiar with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) methodologies
• Knowledge of CM/ODM/OEM/COTS, price negotiations, and purchase order creation and management
• Ability to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship

• You are passionate about solving problems in a low-volume, high-mix, fast-paced environment at a company experiencing growth.
• You manage multiple projects and timelines within deadline and have excellent attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
• You are innovative, self-directed, and have demonstrated the ability to problem solve with a fact based, data driven, and rigorous approach.
• You are a creative problem solver, negotiator and influencer who is comfortable with multitasking and…