Materials Procurement Planner

ADB Safegate; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary/ benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working culture

International environment

Job summary

ADB SAFEGATE in Columbus, Ohio is seeking a Material Procurement Planner to lead local and international sourcing, ensuring quality, timely orders, cost efficiency, and project management with a customer-first mindset.

You will own the procurement process, manage MRP-driven PO flow, maintain supplier relations, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to align supply with production schedules, aiming for on-time-delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Purchasing Management, Supply Chain, Business, or Engineering with at least 2 years of buying experience.
• Alternatively 4–6 years of purchasing experience in lieu of a degree.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

• Own the procurement process, ensure timely and accurate purchase orders, and drive sourcing improvements.
• Plan and execute purchase orders using material requirements planning (MRP).
• Manage open orders, including overdue items, with suppliers.
• Coordinate pull-in/push-out/cancel actions with suppliers and secure agreements.
• Maintain positive supplier relationships and escalate as needed.
• Collaborate with strategic purchasing to execute sourcing strategies and vendor escalation.
• Investigate past-due invoices and reconcile to POs for payment.
• Coordinate production scheduling to support on-time delivery.

Skills

Procurement

MRP planning

Supplier relations

Vendor coordination

Cross-cultural collaboration

Invoice reconciliation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Purchasing Management / Supply Chain / Business / Engineering

2+ years buying experience; or 4-6 years in lieu of degree

Tools

APICS certification

ISM certification

SAP

Job description

Smarter, Better, Now.

ADB SAFEGATE's functional teams are integral to powering innovation and ensuring operational excellence across the organization.

The Opportunity....

The Material Procurement Planner is responsible for conducting sourcing activities from both local and international suppliers, supporting the procurement teams and operational objectives to attain business targets in quality, delivery, cost-effectiveness, and project management, doing this all with a customer-first mindset. All activities will fully support operations and resourcing strategies both locally and globally.

You will make an impact by....

• Owning the procurement process, ensuring all purchase orders are processed timely and accurately, and driving process improvement along with tactical sourcing projects
• Managing and utilizing material requirement (MRP) to plan and execute purchase orders
• Managing open order book due/overdue with suppliers
• Executing pull-in/push-out/cancel recommendations, communicating these with suppliers, and obtaining agreements
• Maintaining and enhancing positive business relations with suppliers
• Coordinating with strategic purchasing to execute purchasing strategies and vendor escalation
• Researching past due and mismatched invoices and assisting in reconciling invoices to PO's for payment
• Coordinating production scheduling to align components required to support OTD

The talent we want to inspire has..

• Bachelor's degree in Purchasing Management, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field and at least 2 years of buying/purchasing experience; or 4-6 years of relevant buying/purchasing experience in lieu of a degree.

• Engineering background and/or the ability to read, understand and explain engineering drawings
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment & manage multiple projects/priorities at a time
• Cross-cultural understanding and ability to work with colleagues globally.

This would be a plus but not a must!

• APICS and/or ISM certification
• SAP experience

What's on offer

We value you and your contribution in the business. Recognizing and rewarding the impact you make is important to us.

• In return we offer a competitive salary/ benefits
• The opportunity to develop your career. We love to upskill and promote our staff; there's nothing better than to see someone gain a strong sense of pride and accomplishment.
• A great flexible working culture with company values and behaviors that help shape your development and lead to success for you and the Company.
• An international environment with opportunities to collaborate with colleagues in different countries around the globe.

What to learn more about working at ADB SAFEGATE then check out our Career's websitehttps://adbsafegate.com/about/career/