Senior Buyer

Employee Workplace; Plattsmouth (NE); On-site; USD 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit-sharing bonus

Job summary

Employee Workplace is seeking a Senior Buyer to own purchasing, supplier relations, inventory planning, and cost-saving initiatives in a fast-paced manufacturing setting. The role centers on securing raw materials and production-critical items while driving supplier performance and cost reductions.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams and leverage ERP/MRP systems, including NetSuite, to ensure timely, cost-effective materials.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive purchasing, procurement, or strategic sourcing experience.
• Experience purchasing raw materials, packaging, ingredients, or other production-critical materials.
• Advanced Excel skills, PivotTables and XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP.
• Experience with ERP or MRP systems; NetSuite preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or related field preferred.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily purchasing activities including PO placement and reconciliation.
• Review and maintain reorder points and monitor inventory levels.
• Develop supplier scorecards and review performance with vendors and teams.
• Negotiate pricing, availability, and delivery with suppliers.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and supplier relationship improvements.
• Collaborate with Production, Quality, and Finance to ensure on-time materials.

Skills

5+ years experience

Raw materials purchasing

Supplier negotiations

Purchasing KPIs

Excel PivotTables

XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP

NetSuite

ERP/MRP systems

Travel up to 10%

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Business/Operations

Tools

NetSuite

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Take Your Purchasing Career to the Next Level!

Join a fast-growing health and wellness company where you can make a real impact—and earn a 12.5% profit-sharing bonus on top of a $75,000-$80,000 base salary.

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Buyer to take ownership of purchasing, supplier relationships, inventory planning, and cost-saving initiatives. This is a hands‑on opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment, solving supply challenges, negotiating with vendors, and improving processes.

You’ll work closely with Supply Chain, Production, Operations, Quality, Demand Planning, Product Development, Finance, and other teams to ensure the materials needed for production are available on time and at the right cost.

What You'll Do

• Manage daily purchasing activities, including placing and reconciling purchase orders and confirmations.

• Review and maintain reorder points for inventory items.

• Monitor inventory levels, lead times, safety stock, and potential material shortages.

• Develop and maintain supplier scorecards and review supplier performance with vendors and internal teams.

• Identify opportunities to improve supplier relationships and reduce purchasing costs.

• Negotiate with suppliers regarding pricing, availability, delivery, and other purchasing needs.

• Research and evaluate new suppliers and make recommendations.

• Partner with Product Development on sourcing materials and identifying cost and process improvements.

• Work with Production to ensure raw materials and other production‑critical materials are available when needed.

• Address defective or unacceptable materials with Quality, suppliers, and internal teams and help determine corrective actions.

• Identify and develop strategies for obsolete and slow‑moving inventory.

• Develop purchasing KPIs and reporting to monitor departmental performance.

• Gather and organize data from multiple reports for Supply Chain and Operations.

• Resolve delivery, pricing, availability, and payment issues with internal departments and suppliers.

• Communicate potential purchase order delays to affected teams.

• Support Operations and Demand Planning as needed.

• Cross‑train across multiple Supply Chain functions.

• Identify and implement opportunities to improve purchasing processes and efficiency.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of progressive purchasing, procurement, or strategic sourcing experience, preferably in manufacturing or a regulated industry.

• Experience purchasing raw materials, packaging, ingredients, or other production‑critical materials.

• Strong experience with supplier negotiations, purchase order management, inventory planning, and supplier performance.

• Experience developing supplier scorecards, purchasing KPIs, and cost‑saving initiatives.

• Understanding of reorder points, safety stock, lead times, obsolete inventory, and material shortage prevention.

• Experience partnering with Production, Operations, Quality, Demand Planning, Product Development, Finance, and Accounts Payable.

• Advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables and XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP.

• Experience with ERP or MRP systems; NetSuite experience preferred.

• Strong analytical, communication, organization, and problem‑solving skills.

• Ability to prioritize and respond quickly to changing production and supply needs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or a related field preferred.

• Experience in food, CPG, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, or similar manufacturing environments strongly preferred.

• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join a growing organization where you can have a direct impact on purchasing, supplier performance, inventory, and production. You’ll have the opportunity to help improve processes, build supplier relationships, and contribute to cost‑saving initiatives while working alongside a collaborative team.