Procurement Specialist: P2P & Inventory

The Recruiting Hive; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

The Recruiting Hive is seeking a Buyer in the Pittsburgh area to drive day-to-day procurement for plant operations, ensuring material and service availability at target cost and quality.

You will execute global and regional category strategies, maintain contracts, and ensure P2P discipline while collaborating with Operations, Planning, Inventory, and Finance.

The role requires an Associate degree and 2+ years in purchasing with strong Excel and ERP experience; Dynamics 365 is a plus.

Qualifications

• Associate degree required; bachelor’s preferred in supply chain or related field.
• 2+ years purchasing, materials, or supply chain experience required.
• Proficient with Excel and ERP purchasing processes; Dynamics 365 preferred.
• Ability to analyze supplier delivery, inventory, and cost data; communicate escalations clearly.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary purchasing execution partner for designated facilities and their Operations leadership; understand production schedules, constraints, working capital, and effect of purchasing decisions on regional results.
• Execute sourcing strategies, negotiated contracts, approved supplier lists, pricing, and specifications established by Global / Regional Category leadership. Escalate exceptions and market intelligence rather than independently altering strategic agreements.
• Collaborate daily with Operations, Planning, Inventory, Quality, Finance/AP and Category Management; maintain clear escalation paths and documented decision rights.
• Procure-to-pay discipline: Convert approved demand and requisitions into accurate, timely purchase orders; confirm price, terms, quantities, delivery dates, coding and approvals; monitor open orders through receipt, invoice resolution, and closure.
• Contract and policy compliance: Use approved suppliers, negotiated terms, buying channels, and delegated authority; flag maverick spend, off-contract pricing, duplicate orders, and exceptions for resolution.
• Supplier execution and escalation: Secure order acknowledgements, maintain realistic promise dates, expedite critical material, resolve shortages and discrepancies, and coordinate escalation and recovery plans before operations are impacted.
• Inventory and working capital: Partner with Operations and Planning to review demand, lead times, safety stock, excess/obsolete inventory, open-PO exposure, and opportunities to lower inventory days on hand without jeopardizing service.
• Supplier performance: Maintain supplier delivery and defect data, support corrective actions with Quality and Category Management, and implement focused scorecards for the top five suppliers by category as deployed.
• Cost and P&L impact: Validate contracted pricing, identify leakage and cost-avoidance opportunities, quantify material cost drivers, and bring recurring issues or savings opportunities to Category leadership and regional management.
• Data and systems: Maintain accurate supplier, item, pricing, lead-time and PO information in the ERP (including Microsoft D365 as applicable); support standardized workflows, reporting, and continuous improvement.
• Customer service: Provide Operations with clear status, issue ownership, realistic recovery dates, and timely communication; reduce friction through standard processes rather than avoidable one-off transactions.

Skills

Excel

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Vendor management

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

ERP systems

Job description

The Recruiting Hive is seeking a Buyer in the Pittsburgh area to drive day-to-day procurement for plant operations, ensuring material and service availability at target cost and quality.

You will execute global and regional category strategies, maintain contracts, and ensure P2P discipline while collaborating with Operations, Planning, Inventory, and Finance.

The role requires an Associate degree and 2+ years in purchasing with strong Excel and ERP experience; Dynamics 365 is a plus.