Buyer II - Wayne, NJ

Buyer II - Wayne, NJ

Plan and procure assigned materials to support production continuity, inventory objectives, and service levels. The Buyer II executes purchasing activities, manages routine supplier follow-up, maintains open purchase orders, supports materials planning activities, and escalates supply risks as appropriate.

Job Responsibilities and Essential Duties:

• Manage assigned suppliers and materials of moderate complexity, with guidance from management or Sr. Buyers for higher-risk, constrained, or business-critical supply issues.
• Execute MRP messages, purchase order placement, supplier confirmations, delivery follow-up, and open order maintenance to support material availability.
• Support PFEP maintenance by reviewing planning parameters, identifying potential data issues, and recommending updates for assigned materials.
• Identify and escalate supplier delivery risks, shortages, and material availability concerns to Sr. buyers, Sr. procurement manager, management, production planning, or sourcing as appropriate.
• Provide supplier delivery, purchase order, usage, inventory, and basic cost information to support sourcing initiatives and supplier performance discussions.
• Plan and procure assigned materials and services in accordance with purchasing procedures through successful completion of purchase orders.
• Review MRP messages, open purchase orders, supplier confirmations, past-due deliveries, and buyer action reports to support timely materials flow.
• Confirm supplier commitments, delivery dates, and material availability; follow up with suppliers to resolve routine delivery issues.
• Support PFEP and planning parameter maintenance for assigned materials, including review of lead times, lot sizes, minimum order quantities, reorder points, and safety stock recommendations.
• Work with production planning, manufacturing, warehouse, supplier quality, and other business partners to communicate material availability and resolve routine supply constraints.
• Escalate supplier delivery risks, shortages, and supply disruptions in a timely manner, including relevant purchase order, inventory, demand, and supplier commitment information.
• Troubleshoot accounting, receiving, invoice, and purchase order discrepancies to avoid material delays and ensure accurate transaction flow.
• Review and disposition engineering change orders with regard to purchase order impact, material availability, and implementation timing.
• Support supplier nonconformance investigations by communicating with suppliers and coordinating input from business partners as needed.
• Return products to vendors and follow up on failure analysis and corrective action reports as necessary.
• Support audits, CAPA activities, document control purges, supplier qualification activities, and sourcing initiatives as required for assigned materials.

Minimum Requirements:

• College degree or equivalent obtained through work experience.
• 3–5 years of related purchasing, materials planning, supply chain, or ERP/MRP experience.
• ERP experience such as SAP or JDE.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.

Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of MRP, ERP purchasing transactions, open order management, supplier follow-up, and basic inventory planning concepts.
• Ability to review demand, supply, inventory, supplier commitment, and purchase order data to support routine materials planning decisions.
• Ability to communicate delivery status, material availability, and supply risks clearly to suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to escalate risks appropriately and provide complete supporting information for decision-making.
• Ability to support cross-functional teams, supplier performance discussions, and sourcing initiatives by providing accurate purchasing and materials data.

Salary range: $90k - $100k;
Target bonus 8%

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