Senior Buyer

HonorVet Technologies; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HonorVet Technologies in Madison, WI is seeking a Senior Buyer to lead end-to-end procurement for materials, components, and services, ensuring uninterrupted supply to support production and business needs. You will own and optimize material-flow strategies, manage supplier performance, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to drive cost efficiency and supply reliability.

This onsite role requires 7–10+ years of experience in planning, procurement, and materials management, with SAP

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, or related field preferred.
• 7 to 10+ years of planning, procurement, inventory, or manufacturing experience.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems, preferably SAP.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision from materials management.
• Critical thinking to improve site materials management operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as escalation point for junior Materials Buyer-Planners and resolve supplier issues.
• Mentor and guide other Materials Buyer-Planners as required.
• Lead phase-in/phase-out planning for new products and engineering changes.
• Translate production requirements and forecasts into purchasing and material planning strategies.
• Identify potential shortages and develop recovery plans to ensure uninterrupted production.
• Monitor SAP planning parameters including lead times and safety stock levels.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet production requirements.
• Drive 100% material availability at the point of use.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, or related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

HonorVet Technologies is a veteran-owned IT staffing firm, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified, working with federal agencies, state governments, and Fortune 500 enterprise clients across the US. What makes us different isn't a tagline it's the way we work. We don't forward resumes and hope for the best. We take the time to understand where a professional like you is headed and only reach out when we genuinely believe there's a fit worth exploring.

Position Title: Senior Buyer

Location: Madison, WI 53718

Duration: 6+ months contract and possibility of extension

Work Mode: 100% Onsite

Job Description

Position Summary

The materials buyer planner senior serves as the site subject matter expert (SME) for the end-to-end management purchased materials, components, and services, ensuring uninterrupted material availability to support production and business requirements. The materials buyer-planner senior owns and coordinates materials flow strategies for assigned to drive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure supply continuity and service levels.

Job Duties

• Serve as the first point of escalation for junior Materials Buyer-Planners, resolving supplier issues, material shortages, and supply disruptions.
• Mentor and provide guidance to other Materials Buyer-Planners as required by the Materials Manager.
• Lead phase-in and phase-out planning for new products and engineering changes.
• Translate production requirements, forecasts, MRP signals, inventory levels, lead times, and safety stock requirements into effective purchasing and material planning strategies.
• Proactively identify potential material shortages and develop recovery plans to ensure uninterrupted production.
• Monitor and maintain SAP planning parameters, including supplier lead times, minimum order quantities, order multiples, and safety stock levels.
• Collaborate with Materials Management, SIOP, Operations, Warehouse, Engineering, and Quality teams to ensure material availability and meet production requirements.
• Drive achievement of 100% material availability at the required point of use by identifying and escalating supply risks.
• Create, manage, and monitor purchase orders for assigned materials and services, ensuring accurate pricing, quantities, delivery schedules, and commercial terms.
• Manage purchase orders throughout the procurement cycle, including expediting, rescheduling, deferring, and canceling orders based on business requirements.
• Serve as the primary operational contact for assigned suppliers, communicating forecasts, demand changes, delivery expectations, and business requirements.
• Monitor supplier performance, lead performance reviews, and develop corrective action and recovery plans to improve supplier reliability.
• Identify, evaluate, and support the development of new suppliers and alternative sourcing options.
• Support RFQ/RFP activities, supplier quotation analysis, supplier selection, qualification, and onboarding.
• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, dual sourcing, lead-time reduction, cost reduction, and overall supply chain improvement.
• Monitor supplier pricing, investigate discrepancies, and communicate material cost impacts to Supply Chain leadership.
• Coordinate and resolve purchased material discrepancies in collaboration with suppliers, Receiving, Warehouse, Quality, and Finance.
• Lead escalation efforts for critical material shortages and supply disruptions.
• Maintain accurate purchasing and supplier master data in SAP to support effective material planning and procurement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, or related field preferred.
• 7 to 10+ years of planning, procurement, inventory, or manufacturing experience.

Preferred Skills

• Working knowledge of ERP systems, preferably SAP.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision from materials management
• Critical thinking to find solutions to improve site materials management operations.

HonorVet Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, marital status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.