Buyer / Planner

Electroswitch; Raynham (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunrise Technologies, an affiliate of Electroswitch, seeks an experienced Buyer/Planner to join our Raynham, Massachusetts team. The role supports manufacturing operations by purchasing materials and components, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring material availability to meet production needs.

The ideal candidate has hands-on purchasing, production planning, inventory control, and ERP/MRP experience in a manufacturing setting, and thrives in a Lean environment with a focus on

Qualifications

• Hands-on purchasing, production planning, and inventory control experience.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong collaboration with production and planning teams.

Responsibilities

• Purchase materials, components, supplies, and services for production.
• Review MRP reports, requisitions, inventory requirements, and production demand.
• Create, manage, and expedite purchase orders for on-time delivery.
• Evaluate suppliers on price, quality, lead time, and delivery performance.
• Negotiate pricing and maintain supplier relationships.
• Maintain blanket purchase orders and monitor supplier performance.
• Resolve supplier issues including late deliveries, pricing discrepancies, RMAs, credits, and replacements.
• Maintain Kanban systems in a Lean manufacturing environment.
• Monitor inventory levels, safety stock, Kanban replenishment, kitting, staging.
• Perform cycle counts and assist physical inventories.
• Investigate inventory and purchase-price variances.
• Identify excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory.

Job description

Buyer/Planner

Sunrise Technologies, an affiliate of Electroswitch, is seeking an experienced Buyer/Planner to join our team in Raynham, Massachusetts. This position plays an important role in supporting manufacturing operations by purchasing materials and components, managing supplier relationships, maintaining inventory accuracy, and ensuring materials are available to meet production and customer requirements.

The ideal candidate brings hands‑on experience with purchasing, production planning, inventory control, and ERP/MRP systems in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Purchase materials, components, supplies, and services needed to support production and business operations.
• Review MRP reports, purchase requisitions, inventory requirements, and production demand.
• Create, manage, and expedite purchase orders to ensure materials are delivered on time.
• Evaluate suppliers based on pricing, quality, lead time, and delivery performance.
• Negotiate pricing and maintain productive relationships with vendors.
• Maintain blanket purchase orders and monitor supplier performance.
• Resolve supplier issues involving late deliveries, pricing discrepancies, RMAs, credits, and replacement materials.
• Maintain purchasing Kanban systems within a Lean manufacturing environment.
• Monitor inventory levels, safety stock, Kanban replenishment, kitting, and material staging.
• Perform cycle counts and support physical inventory audits.
• Investigate inventory and purchase‑price variances.
• Identify and help resolve excess, obsolete, and slow‑moving inventory.
• Work with production and planning teams to ensure material availability.
• Provide Sales with accurate product costs, delivery dates, and lead‑time information.
• Participate in Lean manufacturing, 5S, and continuous‑improvement activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve purchasing, inventory control, and material flow.