Buyer

Advastar, Inc. | Recruiting & Staffing; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision

PTO

One remote day allowed

Job summary

Advastar, Inc. is seeking a Commodity Buyer to own sourcing and purchasing for assigned materials at a Texas facility. You will negotiate with vendors, manage POs, and run Kanban/VMI to keep the plant supplied and costs in check.

You will align buying with production needs, work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and logistics, and focus on landed cost, on-time delivery, and inventory turns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field.
• APICS CPSM or comparable certification preferred.
• 2+ years of purchasing/supply-chain experience in a manufacturing or assembly environment.
• Hands-on ERP/MRP experience; Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) preferred.
• Direct sourcing and supplier management across commodity categories — MRO, hardware, components, coatings/paint, steel/aluminum, or similar industrial materials.
• Demonstrated supplier negotiation and cost-reduction results.
• Familiarity with Kanban and vendor-managed inventory replenishment.
• Experience with NCR, root-cause, and corrective-action processes.

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing and purchasing for assigned commodities so production never waits on material.
• Negotiate pricing, terms, and delivery with vendors and hold them to on-time, in-full performance.
• Set inventory at the level that keeps the plant running without tying up cash, alongside operations and maintenance.
• Create and manage purchase orders, track shipments, and clear price, quantity, quality, and delivery discrepancies fast.
• Find and land cost-reduction and process wins without giving up quality or delivery.
• Keep ERP material-master data accurate and reconcile supplier invoices.
• Run Kanban and vendor-managed inventory replenishment and scheduling agreements.
• Sit in NCR reviews on defective material and drive root-cause corrective action.
• Align buying with what the floor actually needs across engineering, operations, maintenance, and logistics.

Skills

ERP/MRP experience

Vendor management

Negotiation

Inventory management

Kanban

D365 knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)

Job description

A global manufacturer of engineered industrial systems is hiring a Commodity Buyer to own sourcing and purchasing for assigned material categories at its Texas production facility. This is a hands-on procurement seat: you keep the plant supplied, hold suppliers to cost, quality, and delivery, and head off the shortages that stop a line. You will negotiate directly with vendors, cut and manage purchase orders, run inventory and replenishment, and work day-to-day with engineering, operations, and logistics. The right person turns reactive buying into a managed program and is measured on landed cost, on-time delivery, and inventory turns.

• Anticipated $60K–$75K, based on experience
• Full suite of benefits: Health / Dental / Vision, PTO
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, on-site, with the possibility of one remote day

Overview

• Own sourcing and purchasing for assigned commodities so production never waits on material
• Negotiate pricing, terms, and delivery with vendors and hold them to on-time, in-full performance
• Set inventory at the level that keeps the plant running without tying up cash, alongside operations and maintenance
• Create and manage purchase orders, track shipments, and clear price, quantity, quality, and delivery discrepancies fast
• Find and land cost-reduction and process wins without giving up quality or delivery
• Keep ERP material-master data accurate and reconcile supplier invoices
• Run Kanban and vendor-managed inventory replenishment and scheduling agreements
• Sit in NCR reviews on defective material and drive root-cause corrective action
• Align buying with what the floor actually needs across engineering, operations, maintenance, and logistics

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field
• APICS, CPSM, or comparable supply chain certification (preferred)
• 2+ years of recent purchasing/supply-chain experience in a manufacturing or assembly environment (strongly preferred)
• Hands-on ERP/MRP experience; Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) (strongly preferred)
• Direct sourcing and supplier management across commodity categories — MRO, hardware, components, coatings/paint, steel/aluminum, or similar industrial materials
• Demonstrated supplier negotiation and cost-reduction results
• Familiarity with Kanban and vendor-managed inventory replenishment
• Experience with NCR, root-cause, and corrective-action processes
• Effective working cross-functionally in a matrixed manufacturing organization

KEYWORDS

Commodity Buyer, Buyer, Purchasing Agent, Procurement, Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, Sourcing, MRO, Direct Materials, Indirect Materials, Supplier Management, Vendor Management, Supplier Negotiation, Cost Reduction, Purchase Orders, PO, ERP, MRP, D365, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Inventory Management, Kanban, VMI, Vendor-Managed Inventory, Materials Management, Manufacturing, Steel, Aluminum, Coatings, Hardware, Components, APICS, CPSM, Demand Planning, Replenishment, NCR, Root Cause Analysis