Senior Buyer - Onsite Manufacturing for Solar Power

Solarcraft; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Family-First Culture

Job summary

Solarcraft is seeking an experienced, highly organized Senior Buyer to support its project-driven, high-mix/low-volume manufacturing. The role focuses on ensuring continuous, cost-effective supply of materials and services for Solarcraft projects, while balancing priorities across Engineering, Planning, Materials, Quality, and Operations.

This is a 100% onsite position at Solarcraft's Sugar Land facility. The ideal candidate balances strategic supplier activities with hands-on daily purchasing,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive purchasing, procurement, or supply-chain experience.
• Manufacturing or assembly-facility purchasing experience required.
• Experience managing multiple projects, suppliers, and purchasing priorities simultaneously.
• Experience purchasing complex, high-dollar, long-lead, or engineered components.
• Demonstrated supplier negotiation experience.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and task-focused with strong follow-through.
• Ability to work independently and reprioritize quickly as manufacturing and project schedules change.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Office 365 skills.
• Experience working with ERP/MRP systems.
• Ability to develop productive working relationships with suppliers and internal departments.

Responsibilities

• Purchase materials, components, equipment, and services in accordance with cost, quality, delivery, and project requirements.
• Review ERP/MRP requirements, production schedules, shortages, project priorities, and supplier commitments to determine daily purchasing priorities.
• Personally manage long-lead, high-dollar, engineered-to-order, sole-source, quality-critical, or capacity-constrained purchases.
• Effectively manage multiple projects and purchasing priorities simultaneously.
• Provide day-to-day functional direction and purchasing priorities to remote tactical buyers.
• Help prioritize buyer workload based on project requirements, shortages, manufacturing need dates, and supplier risk.
• Review critical open purchase orders, shortages, supplier acknowledgments, and past-due items.
• Coach tactical buyers on purchasing processes, supplier communication, ERP accuracy, documentation, and escalation requirements.
• Planning/Scheduling, Materials, Quality, Project Management, and Operations.
• Utilize Solarcraft's ERP/MRP system to manage purchasing requirements and supplier commitments.
• Maintain accurate purchasing information including supplier, part information, unit of measure, quantity, unit price, lead time, promise date, ship-to information, and supplier acknowledgment.
• Maintain supplier quotes, confirmations, pricing agreements, and key communications for traceability.
• Review ERP/MRP messages and take appropriate purchasing actions.
• Use purchasing and supplier data to identify shortages, trends, risks, and cost-saving opportunities.
• May perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Strong analytical

Problem solving

Decision making

Written and verbal communication

Excel skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, or related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Excel

Office 365 / Outlook / Teams

Job description

Solarcraft is seeking an experienced, highly organized Senior Buyer to support its project-driven, high-mix/low-volume manufacturing. The role focuses on ensuring continuous, cost-effective supply of materials and services for Solarcraft projects, while balancing priorities across Engineering, Planning, Materials, Quality, and Operations.

This is a 100% onsite position at Solarcraft's Sugar Land facility. The ideal candidate balances strategic supplier activities with hands-on daily purchasing,