MOR Buyer — Materials & Purchase Orders

Vertiv; Pelzer (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv at the Pelzer Integrated Solutions Campus is seeking a MOR Buyer to convert approved material requests into accurate purchase orders. You will handle transactional purchasing, request validation, supplier follow-up, and system accuracy across Pelzer P1, P2, and P3 within Oracle EBS Alice.

You will collaborate with Operations, Materials, Warehouse, Engineering, Quality, and Maintenance to ensure timely availability of materials, services, and parts necessary for production and site

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in purchasing, procurement, materials, or related manufacturing function preferred.
• Experience creating or maintaining purchase orders in an ERP system; Oracle experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review, validate, and process approved Material Order Requests from Operations, Materials, Warehouse, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Facilities, and other Pelzer functions.
• Confirm requests include the correct part number, description, quantity, required-by date, cost center, project or job reference, supplier information, and required approvals before purchase order creation.
• Create and maintain purchase orders in Oracle EBS Alice in accordance with Pelzer purchasing procedures, approval limits, and SOX requirements.
• Ensure purchase orders are structured correctly for the applicable Pelzer plant, ship-to location, organization, and receiving process.
• Work with requestors, Buyers, Sourcing Leads, and Materials leadership to resolve incomplete, duplicated, unclear, or non-compliant requests before release.
• Obtain supplier quotations and confirm pricing, lead time, freight terms, minimum order quantities, and delivery commitments when required.
• Communicate purchase order details and delivery expectations clearly to suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Monitor open MOR-related purchase orders and follow up on acknowledgements, promised dates, and delivery status.
• Escalate supplier delays, pricing changes, quantity discrepancies, and other risks that may affect production, warehouse execution, or operational readiness.
• Coordinate with Receiving, Warehouse, Accounts Payable, and requestors to resolve purchase order, receipt, invoice, pricing, and quantity discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate purchase order notes, supplier confirmations, request documentation, and supporting records within the required systems or shared files.
• Follow Pelzer controls for non-standard, emergency, or expedite purchases and avoid using temporary or generic purchasing methods without proper approval.
• Support purchase order cleanup, closure, cancellation, and data correction activities to maintain accurate open-order reporting.
• Provide status updates and basic reporting on MOR volume, open requests, supplier commitments, overdue orders, and unresolved exceptions.
• Support continuous improvement of the MOR process by identifying recurring request errors, approval gaps, receiving issues, and opportunities to standardize purchasing practices across P1, P2, and P3.

Skills

Attention to detail

High volume processing

Communication

Organization

Independent work

Procurement knowledge

Education

High school diploma

Supply chain education beneficial

Tools

Oracle EBS Alice

Excel

Oracle PLM/PD Cloud

E2Open

CyberPlan

Job description

Vertiv at the Pelzer Integrated Solutions Campus is seeking a MOR Buyer to convert approved material requests into accurate purchase orders. You will handle transactional purchasing, request validation, supplier follow-up, and system accuracy across Pelzer P1, P2, and P3 within Oracle EBS Alice.

You will collaborate with Operations, Materials, Warehouse, Engineering, Quality, and Maintenance to ensure timely availability of materials, services, and parts necessary for production and site