Purchasing Lead: ERP/MRP & Supply Chain

Talentify; Pelzer (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentify is seeking a Purchasing Supervisor for Pelzer Operations to lead the purchasing/buyer team, manage daily PO activity, and ensure materials meet production demands. The role drives ERP/MRP discipline, supplier performance, and proactive shortage recovery in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.

The ideal candidate will oversee PO creation, ensure accurate supplier commitments, and collaborate with Planning, Materials, and Engineering to align priorities with production schedules and

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the Pelzer purchasing/buyer team and daily purchasing activities.
• Own day-to-day PO creation, management, maintenance, and execution.
• Ensure POs align with MRP demand, production needs, and approved sourcing.
• Drive supplier confirmation of PO quantities, pricing, required dates, and promised delivery dates.
• Maintain accurate supplier promise dates and purchasing data within the ERP system.
• Lead daily review and management of material shortages, past-due POs, supplier decommits, and critical components.
• Establish clear recovery plans for materials impacting production schedules or customer commitments.
• Manage supplier expedites and escalation activities to protect factory production requirements.
• Partner closely with the Planning team to ensure purchasing priorities are aligned with WON requirements and production schedules.
• Work with Materials leadership to prioritize shortages based on production, customer commitments, and revenue requirements.
• Ensure buyers are proactively managing future demand rather than reacting only to immediate shortages.
• Drive strong MRP purchasing discipline, ensuring purchase orders and supplier commitments reflect system demand.
• Identify and mitigate supplier capacity, lead-time, quality, commercial, or delivery risks.
• Partner with strategic/global Procurement on supplier performance, sourcing issues, commercial concerns, and long-term supply risks.
• Support Engineering and other functions with purchasing requirements related to BOM changes, new product introduction, and engineering changes.
• Lead daily/weekly purchasing and shortage reviews and provide visibility of risks and recovery actions.
• Develop and maintain purchasing KPIs and reporting (POs past due, supplier OTD, shortages, confirmations, promise dates).
• Coach and develop buyers while establishing accountability and standardized purchasing processes across the Pelzer team.
• Support month-end and quarter-end execution by ensuring critical materials are prioritized against production and revenue requirements.

Job description

Talentify is seeking a Purchasing Supervisor for Pelzer Operations to lead the purchasing/buyer team, manage daily PO activity, and ensure materials meet production demands. The role drives ERP/MRP discipline, supplier performance, and proactive shortage recovery in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.

The ideal candidate will oversee PO creation, ensure accurate supplier commitments, and collaborate with Planning, Materials, and Engineering to align priorities with production schedules and