Buyer / Planner

Staffmark Group; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 39,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffmark Group is seeking a procurement-focused professional in the Kansas City area to analyze daily material needs, issue purchase orders, and coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely production and service delivery.

The role emphasizes vendor communication, inventory optimization, and continuous process improvements, with a focus on maintaining accurate PO status and resolving shortages promptly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred.
• 5+ years of procurement or sourcing experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze daily requirements to determine materials needs and issue purchase orders to satisfy demand schedules.
• Maintain delivery information on open purchase orders through supplier acknowledgements.
• Expedite material delivery and update shortages for production, sales and service demand.
• Review stocking levels to provide targeted service levels.
• Communicate with suppliers to support inventory plans and ensure timely delivery for production needs.
• Update backlog status reports and communicate expected delivery for customer orders.
• Review and dispose of excess and obsolete inventory.
• Perform root cause analysis of service outliers to improve processes.

Skills

Procurement

Supplier management

Inventory planning

PO management

Root cause analysis

Vendor communication

Education

Bachelor’s in SCM

Job description

Shift: M - F 7:00am - 4:00pm

Pay rate: $28-30/hr. base on experience.

• Analyze daily requirements to determine materials needs and execute purchase orders to satisfy demand schedules.
• Maintain accurate delivery information on open purchase orders through supplier acknowledgements.
• Expedite material delivery where necessary and maintain status updates on shortages for production, sales and service demand
• Continually review stocking levels for each item to provide targeted service levels.
• Communicate with Suppliers to best support the inventory plan and provide timely delivery for production needs.
• Regularly update backlog status reports and communicate with Customer Service expected delivery for customer orders.
• Review and recommend disposition of all excess and obsolete inventory.
• Perform root cause analysis of service outliers to identify and implement improvements in overall process.

• Preferred: bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or related field and/or least 5 years of procurement or sourcing experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Preferred: Experience in railroad, aerospace, automotive or other heavy industrial manufacturing or remanufacturing sectors.

About Us

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