Senior Buyer - Production Supply & Planning (Remote)

Smart Gun; Broomfield (CO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Biofire Technologies is seeking a Senior Buyer in Colorado to own material readiness for a portfolio of production parts as we scale manufacturing. You will manage day-to-day supply planning, purchase orders, and supplier performance, ensuring inventory targets and on-time delivery through cross-functional partnerships.

You’ll collaborate with Production Control, Engineering, and Finance to support CTB reviews, mitigate supply risks, and help scale operations while maintaining process discipline

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or operational field (e.g. Engineering, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering). An MBA, Master’s in Supply Chain or APICS CPIM Certification is a plus.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in production purchasing, buying, supply planning, or supply chain management within a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Own supply planning and purchasing for your assigned portfolio, maintaining material availability and inventory within established MIN/MAX levels.
• Maintain accurate purchase orders, lead times, and supplier commitments, clearly distinguishing firm orders from forecast quantities.
• Lead category-level Clear-to-Build (CTB) tracking and support weekly executive reviews with early visibility into constraints, mitigation plans, and financial exposure.
• Monitor supplier delivery, quality, and capacity trends; execute supply containment actions and coordinate corrective-action handoffs with Commodity Managers and supplier engineering/quality teams.
• Anticipate supplier risks as production scales and prioritize competing issues based on their impact on production continuity.
• Coordinate part transitions and last-time buys with Engineering and Production Control, balancing remaining inventory, yield, cycle time, and excess and obsolescence risks.
• Request volume pricing ahead of production ramps, obtain competitive quotes, and track purchase price variance and expedite spending in partnership with Commodity Managers and Finance.
• Strengthen shared planning tools and documented processes, including verified lead times, replenishment timing, and cross-coverage with your peer buyer.

Skills

Spreadsheet skills

Planning tools

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical/operational field

MBA / Master’s in Supply Chain / CPIM

Job description

Biofire Technologies is seeking a Senior Buyer in Colorado to own material readiness for a portfolio of production parts as we scale manufacturing. You will manage day-to-day supply planning, purchase orders, and supplier performance, ensuring inventory targets and on-time delivery through cross-functional partnerships.

You’ll collaborate with Production Control, Engineering, and Finance to support CTB reviews, mitigate supply risks, and help scale operations while maintaining process discipline