Senior Buyer Planner - Optics Manufacturing

AMETEK Inc.; Denville (NJ); Presencial; USD 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AMETEK Inc. is seeking a Buyer Planner for our Special Optics team in Denville, NJ. The role ensures material availability to support production and customer delivery while balancing cost, lead time, and inventory.

You will create and manage purchase orders, monitor shortages, and collaborate across functions to identify risks and keep supply continuity. The position emphasizes ERP/MRP proficiency, data-driven decisions, and continuous improvement.

Formación

• At least 3 years of purchasing, materials planning, supply chain, or manufacturing operations experience.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP, purchasing, material planning, inventory, and supplier management.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, prioritization, communication, and Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to manage changing priorities and collaborate across functions.
• Uses data and investigates root causes before acting.
• Builds trust and works across functions to resolve constraints.
• Maintains urgency and follow-through until issues are resolved.
• Makes sound decisions and escalates risk with facts and recommendations.
• Owns commitments, data accuracy, and outcomes.
• Connects decisions to production and customer requirements.
• Improves cost, inventory, quality, and delivery performance.

Responsabilidades

• Safety, People, Quality, Delivery, Value responsibilities guide daily work and decisions.
• Follow safety requirements and elevate supplier, material, or process risks affecting safety, product integrity, or compliance.
• Build effective supplier and cross-functional relationships; communicate priorities, risks, and recovery plans with urgency and accountability.
• Coordinate supplier responses to nonconforming material and documentation issues.
• Maintain accurate purchasing and planning data; support quality requirements, engineering changes, and new product introductions.
• Analyze demand, schedules, and MRP signals to determine material requirements and priorities.
• Create, maintain, and expedite purchase orders; monitor shortages, commitments, and constraints.
• Develop mitigation plans and maintain planning parameters to support production and customer delivery.
• Balance availability, cost, lead time, and inventory to reduce shortage, excess, and obsolescence risk.
• Monitor supplier quality, delivery, responsiveness, and cost; support sourcing, negotiation, and continuous improvement.

Conocimientos

Analytical

Problem solving

Prioritization

Communication

Excel

ERP platforms

MRP

Purchasing

Material planning

Inventory mgmt

Supplier management

Cross-functional work

Herramientas

ERP platforms

MRP systems

Microsoft Excel

Descripción del empleo

AMETEK Inc. is seeking a Buyer Planner for our Special Optics team in Denville, NJ. The role ensures material availability to support production and customer delivery while balancing cost, lead time, and inventory.

You will create and manage purchase orders, monitor shortages, and collaborate across functions to identify risks and keep supply continuity. The position emphasizes ERP/MRP proficiency, data-driven decisions, and continuous improvement.