Senior Buyer / Procurement Specialist

American Bath Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 68,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

LTD/STD

401K with Company Match

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Mr. Steam, Long Island City, NY, seeks a Senior Buyer / Procurement Specialist with direct supplier experience and strong negotiation skills.

You will manage supplier portfolios, handle ROQs and pricing, support inventory planning, and collaborate across production, quality, engineering, and warehouse teams in a hands-on manufacturing setting. You will own material lifecycle from purchasing through delivery, with opportunities to expand responsibilities and advance toward a Senior Buyer role.

Qualifications

• Direct supplier communication and relationship ownership.
• Experience with RFQs, quotations, and routine negotiations.
• Understanding how demand, inventory, lead times, and supplier commitments influence purchasing decisions.
• Ability to act independently on routine matters and escalate higher-risk issues.
• Willingness to work fully onsite in Long Island City and participate in hands-on material activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage an assigned portfolio of materials and suppliers.
• Create and maintain purchase orders, quantities, pricing, delivery dates, and documentation.
• Solicit supplier quotations and compare pricing, lead times, terms, and other considerations.
• Negotiate routine pricing, delivery, lead-time, and other supplier terms.
• Interpret demand, inventory levels, open POs, and production priorities.
• Identify shortages, late deliveries, and supplier risks before production impact.
• Communicate with suppliers regarding status, pricing discrepancies, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate returns, rework, credits, RMAs, and supplier corrective actions.
• Participate in cycle counts and inventory-discrepancy resolution.
• Work with production, quality, engineering, receiving, and warehouse on issues.
• Identify alternate sources and participate in supplier evaluation and sourcing.
• Document cost savings, cost avoidance, and supplier-performance improvements.
• Escalate high-risk or nonstandard issues with analysis and recommended actions.

Skills

Direct supplier communication

Negotiation capability

Purchasing experience

Inventory planning

ERP/MRP experience

Cycle counts

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Senior Buyer / Procurement Specialist – Manufacturing

Mr. Steam | Long Island City, New York

Full-Time | Fully Onsite | Monday–Friday

Build Broader Procurement Experience in a Hands-On Manufacturing Environment

Mr. Steam, a manufacturing business within the American Bath Group organization, is seeking a Senior Buyer / Procurement Specialist to join its Long Island City operation.

This position is designed for a procurement professional who already has direct supplier experience, practical negotiation capability, and a working understanding of purchasing, inventory, and material planning. It is not an entry-level training position, a people-management role, or a narrowly transactional purchasing job.

The Procurement Buyer / Planner will manage an assigned portfolio of suppliers and materials while working closely with production, quality, engineering, warehouse, inventory, finance, and other internal partners. You will support the complete material lifecycle—from the initial purchasing requirement through delivery, inventory use, quality disposition, return, credit, or final resolution.

As you develop product knowledge, supplier familiarity, and sound business judgment, you will be expected to take increasing ownership of routine procurement decisions and demonstrate readiness for broader responsibility.

What You Will Do

• Manage an assigned portfolio of materials and suppliers.
• Create and maintain accurate purchase orders, quantities, pricing, delivery dates, acknowledgements, and supporting documentation.
• Solicit supplier quotations and compare pricing, lead times, terms, and other commercial considerations.
• Negotiate routine pricing, delivery, lead-time, minimum-order-quantity, expedite, and supplier-recovery matters.
• Interpret demand, inventory levels, open purchase orders, supplier commitments, lead times, and production priorities.
• Identify material shortages, late deliveries, changing requirements, and supplier risks before they disrupt production.
• Communicate directly with suppliers regarding order status, commitments, delivery concerns, pricing discrepancies, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate returns, rework, replacement materials, credits, supplier corrective actions, and return material authorizations.
• Participate directly in cycle counts and inventory-discrepancy resolution.
• Work with production, quality, engineering, receiving, and warehouse employees to investigate material and supplier issues.
• Identify possible alternate sources and participate in supplier evaluation and sourcing discussions.
• Document cost savings, cost avoidance, improved terms, alternate-source opportunities, and supplier-performance improvements.
• Escalate higher-risk or nonstandard issues with a clear analysis and recommended course of action.

What Success Looks Like

During your first several months, you will learn Mr. Steam’s products, materials, suppliers, ERP/MRP processes, purchasing routines, inventory practices, cycle-count procedures, quality processes, and internal operating workflows.

As you gain experience in the operation, you will independently manage routine supplier communication, purchase-order activity, material shortages, changing production requirements, inventory discrepancies, returns, credits, and supplier recovery matters.

By the end of your first year, you should be operating with substantial independence across your assigned portfolio while appropriately escalating higher-risk decisions.

The broader operating environment includes approximately 1,500 SKUs, with the assigned portfolio potentially fluctuating around 500 to 700 items.

Required Qualifications

Candidates should be able to demonstrate:

• Direct supplier communication and relationship ownership.
• Personal responsibility for RFQs, quotation comparisons, or routine negotiations.
• Experience negotiating or resolving pricing, delivery, lead-time, minimum-order-quantity, expedite, terms, or supplier-recovery matters.
• An understanding of how demand, inventory, lead times, open purchase orders, and supplier commitments influence purchasing decisions.
• Ownership of supplier or material issues from identification through follow-up and closure.
• The ability to act independently on routine matters.
• The judgment to recognize when higher-risk matters require escalation.
• The ability to summarize an issue, complete the necessary analysis, and recommend a course of action.
• Willingness to work fully onsite in Long Island City.
• Willingness to participate in hands-on inventory, RMA, quality, warehouse, and production-support activities.

Preferred Qualifications

The following experience would be helpful:

• Approximately three to five years of relevant buying, procurement, buyer/planner, materials, or closely related experience.
• Purchasing experience in manufacturing or a manufacturing-adjacent environment.
• Experience with electrical components, controls, HVAC, plumbing, building products, metals, fabrication, industrial equipment, durable goods, contracting, or another complex material environment.
• Experience using ERP or MRP systems.
• Inventory-control and cycle-count experience.
• Experience with RMAs, supplier quality, corrective actions, returns, rework, replacement materials, and credits.
• Cost-savings or cost-avoidance experience.
• Alternate-source identification or supplier-sourcing experience.
• Experience working with overseas suppliers or extended lead-time materials.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Demonstrated procurement capability, supplier ownership, learning agility, and sound operating judgment are more important than a specific degree.

The Work Environment

This is a fully onsite, individual-contributor position in a small, hands-on manufacturing environment where priorities can change quickly.

You must be comfortable balancing planned purchasing work with urgent operational needs, including:

• Supplier delays and changing commitments.
• Material shortages.
• Inventory inaccuracies.
• Damaged, incorrect, or out-of-specification materials.
• Returns, rework, credits, and RMAs.
• Urgent requests from internal operating teams.

Success in this position requires more than processing purchase orders. You must be willing to contact suppliers directly, question information that does not make commercial or operational sense, and work with the employees closest to an issue.

At times, this will require leaving your desk and working directly with production, quality, engineering, receiving, inventory, or warehouse personnel to understand and resolve a problem.

Schedule and Location

Location: Long Island City, New York

Work Arrangement: Fully onsite

Employment Type: Full-time

Schedule: Monday–Friday

Typical Hours: 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Compensation

Starting at $76,000 Annually

• Midical
• Vision
• LTD/STD
• 401K with Company Match
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Employee Discounts

Why Join Mr. Steam?

This position provides the opportunity to own a meaningful portion of the procurement operation rather than working within a narrow purchasing lane.

You will have:

• Direct ownership of suppliers and materials.
• Visible influence on production continuity, inventory accuracy, supplier performance, and operating results.
• Exposure to the complete material lifecycle.
• Regular interaction with manufacturing and technical stakeholders.
• Opportunities to expand your decision-making authority as you establish credibility.
• The opportunity to demonstrate readiness for potential future progression into a Senior Buyer position.

This role may be a strong next step for a successful Buyer I, Buyer II, Procurement Specialist, Manufacturing Buyer, Materials Buyer, Purchasing Specialist, or Buyer/Planner who wants broader operating ownership while remaining closely involved in day-to-day execution.

American Bath Group is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. ABG does not sponsor employment visas now or in the future.