Position Summary
The Buyer II supports LED site procurement by managing tactical purchasing activity, supplier follow-up, material availability, and open-order execution. This role helps ensure production has the materials needed while maintaining purchase order accuracy, supplier accountability, and inventory discipline.
This is a tactical execution role. The Buyer II supports broader procurement, sourcing, NPI, VAVE, MCP, and supplier recovery priorities, but does not own category strategy or division-level sourcing direction.
This role requires daily on-site presence at our 401 Millcreek Road, Marietta, Ohio location.Relocation assistance is not available at this time.
Key Responsibilities
- Create, manage, and maintain purchase orders in alignment with MRP demand, supplier lead times, and production needs.
- Monitor open orders for accurate dates, quantities, confirmations, and supplier commitments.
- Follow up with suppliers on shortages, late orders, expedites, unconfirmed orders, and recovery plans.
- Validate supplier ship dates and quantities, especially where production, NPI, bridge plans, or recovery actions are dependent on material timing.
- Communicate material risks, recovery timing, and required escalations to planning, production, procurement leadership, and cross-functional partners.
- Resolve routine PO, invoice, pricing, receiving, quantity, and delivery discrepancies.
- Support raw material reviews, part availability / PFEP work, and inventory actions such as pull-ins, push-outs, cancellations, and quantity adjustments.
- Identify excess, obsolete, slow-moving, or high-risk inventory concerns and escalate for review.
- Provide tactical purchasing support for NPI, VAVE, MCP, cost-reduction, supplier transition, and last-time-buy activity.
- Maintain accurate purchasing data, trackers, status updates, and system notes.
Basic Qualifications
- Associate degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- Purchasing, procurement, planning, materials, supplier management, or manufacturing support experience.
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems and purchase order management.
- Ability to manage multiple suppliers, part numbers, priorities, and follow-up actions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering, or related field.
- Experience in site procurement, manufacturing, materials, or production support.
- Familiarity with shortage management, supplier follow-up, open-order management, and inventory control.
- Experience supporting NPI, VAVE, cost-reduction, supplier recovery, or material transition activity.
- Ability to interpret demand, supplier commits, inventory data, and production requirements.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and procurement reporting tools.
Critical Skills
- Strong tactical execution and follow-through.
- Clear ownership of assigned suppliers, materials, and open actions.
- Ability to escalate early with facts, options, and next steps.
- Detail-oriented approach to PO accuracy, supplier commitments, and material timing.
- Sense of urgency around production support and shortage recovery.
- Balanced focus on material availability, inventory control, and working capital discipline.
Success Measures
- Purchase orders are accurate, current, and aligned to demand.
- Shortages and supplier risks are identified and communicated early.
- Recovery actions are tracked with owners and realistic dates.
- Supplier commitments are consistently followed up on and validated.
- Production teams have timely visibility to material risks and expected recovery timing.
- NPI, VAVE, MCP, and transition work receive reliable tactical purchasing support.
