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Do you like being part of high growth, high impact environments? If you have answered yes to these questions, we should connect!\nThis role holds purchasingresponsibility for AVIRE's US operations and is the single point of accountability for material availability and supplier performance at both US locations: Sussex, Wisconsin and Marlboro, New Jersey. The Operational Buyer-Planner is based in Sussex, WI, reports to the Purchasing Manager, US, and executes within global commodity and Material Group strategies. Travel between and on-site support of both locations may be expected as business needs require.\nWhat you will do:\nOwn day-to-day purchasing execution for both US sites (Sussex, WI and Marlboro, NJ), including requisition conversion, purchase order placement, order confirmation, expediting, and delivery follow-up.\n\nConsolidatedemand and leverageshared suppliers across Sussex, WI and Marlboro, NJ, and manage inter-site transfers and stock balancing between the two US locations.\n\nPartner with production, engineering, quality, service, and warehouse teams at each US site to align supply plans to site-specific build schedules, priorities, and customer commitments.\n\nManage assigned suppliers and act as the primary owner of supplier performance, cost, quality, and continuity.\n\nUtilize and update Material Group / Commodity strategies aligned with global supply chain and manufacturing objectives.\n\nPlan, procure, and ensure uninterrupted material availability for production and service operations through short-and long-term MRP.\n\nMaintain and optimize D365 planning parameters and master data to ensure accurateforecasting, inventory levels, and data integrity across BOMs and material masters.\n\nMonitor supply risks, capacity constraints, and obsolescence, and raise issues to enable mitigation plans to protect production and service continuity.\n\nUnderstand total landed cost for assigned commodities, including price, logistics, duties, and inventory carrying costs, and drive cost-reduction initiatives.\n\nPrepare, analyze, and act on operational and planning reports including inventory health, backorders, pricing, and supplier performance.\n\nAdminister and monitorcontracts, NDAs, and framework agreements ongoing and as part of vendor onboarding.\n\nCoordinate logisticsactivities with internal teams and suppliers to ensure on-time delivery and resolution of shipment deviations.\n\nResolve non-conforming materials (NCR), supplier complaints, and corrective actions in cooperation with Quality and cross-functional teams.\n\nCollaborate closely with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice discrepancies, pricing issues, and payment deviations.\n\nNotify of End-of-Life (EOL) and End-of-Support (EOS) strategies and execute on last-time buys.\n\nRaise escalations and support cross-functional stakeholders without direct reporting authority.\n\nActively participatein continuous improvement initiatives and apply structured problem-solving methodologies to improve processes and outcomes.\n\nProvide operational backup, support inventory counts, and ensure business continuity during absences.\n\nWe want someone who displays:\nAction-Oriented Curiosity: You readily take on challenges, and you identifyand seize new opportunities. You have an outstanding history of delivering on your projects. You work on the problems that truly need solving, and you effectively challenge the organization to be better. You can cut through the clutter and focus on the priorities that align with organizational objectives.\nCollaboration: You embrace the unique experiences, viewpoints, and abilities of your teammates and proactively engage those differences to come to the best possible outcome.\nEmpowerment: You thrive in an environment where you can make decisions. You do not shy away from taking a stand, and you recognize the importance of challenging the team to ensure that we strive for more. You take responsibility to solve customer problems the first time.\nAccountability: You take responsibility for your actions, and you deliver on your commitments.\nInclusion: In all aspects of your work, you treat everyone with respect.\nJob Skills\nSufficient material availability, purchasingexecution, and supplier performance for both US locations: Sussex, WI and Marlboro, NJ\n\nSufficient material for smooth production and consumables\n\nDeliver onpurchasingrequests from other departments\n\nProper tendering / sourcing process\n\nAccuracy of data in the MRP system\n\nCommunication with suppliers\n\nUnderstanding and execution of framework agreements and agreed terms and conditions\n\nOptimization of inventory levels\n\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, Economics, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered\n\nMinimum 2 years of experience in purchasing, supply chain, or material planning within a manufacturing environment.\n\nUnderstanding of material requirements planning (MRP), inventory optimization, and production support in short-and long-term horizons.\n\nUser-level knowledge of PC use and MS Office suite, Excel expert, preferred MRP Dynamics 365\n\nExperience in purchasingand logistics\n\nOrganizational, communication, and negotiation skills\n\nPrecision, systematicand analytical approach, ability to follow tasks through to completion\n\nWho is AVIRE?\nConnecting and Protecting People. 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