# Buyer III

Buyer 3 Fike Corporation, a rapidly growing international manufacturer of pressure relief, explosion protection, fire suppression and detection equipment, has an opportunity for a Buyer 3 position. Fike is a privately held business located in Blue Springs, MO with over 400 employees locally & over 1,200 employees worldwide. Job Summary: This position is responsible for leading supplier strategy, sourcing, supplier development, category management, inventory optimization initiatives, and supply chain risk management activities. The Buyer 3 influences sourcing, replenishment, and inventory decisions; leads supplier negotiations and contracts; and serves as a technical and process leader within the Purchasing function. Primary Responsibilities: Improves replenishment effectiveness by analyzing supply and demand trends, identifying opportunities to improve inventory performance, resolving complex material disruptions, and recommending changes to replenishment strategies, stocking levels, and inventory policies Leads supplier strategy, sourcing decisions, commercial negotiations, supplier development to improve supply continuity, cost competitiveness, quality performance, and supplier c

- **Id**: 3786524
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/fike-buyer-iii>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T03:56:06Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T12:18:52Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5228
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Manufacturing, E-learning, Virtual Events

## Company

- **Id**: 2785122
- **Name**: Fike
- **Domain**: fike.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/fike-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Salary

- **Min**: 67527
- **Max**: 92841
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 92841

## Technologies

- **Windows** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T03:56:06Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 92841
- **Is top pay**: no

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