Senior Buyer & Supply Chain Planner

Naterra International, Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Naterra International, Inc. is seeking a Senior Buyer / Planner to drive effective procurement execution, supplier management, and supply feasibility to meet product availability targets.

This role partners with Demand Planning, Operations, Finance, and external manufacturing to optimize capacity, lead times, and inventory levels, while mitigating risk and cost. You will lead a team focused on PO management, supplier escalation, and process improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years in the CPG supply chain, procurement, or manufacturing operations.
• Experience managing suppliers, purchase execution, and inventory planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain favorable relationships with suppliers, vendors, and other business partners; ensuring performance metrics, service levels, cost targets, and contractual commitments are met.
• Partner with Demand Planning to confirm supply feasibility against the approved demand plan, including capacity, lead times, and inventory implications.
• Serve as the feasibility gatekeeper for supplier execution during Stage Gate and product launch cycles, validating manufacturing capability, capacity, lead times, and inventory readiness to protect on-time delivery and reduce execution risk.
• Support onboarding and ongoing management of qualified suppliers and manufacturing partners; partner with Quality on supplier quality management and compliance.
• Own supply planning, inventory strategy, and procurement execution based on the approved S&OP output.
• Translate approved demand into executable purchase plans, ensuring alignment with supplier capabilities and inventory targets.
• Optimize inventory levels to balance service levels, minimize carrying costs, and mitigate excess or obsolete inventory risk; lead cross-functional execution to reduce E&O.
• Act as the primary escalation point for supplier performance, production delays, and supply constraints.
• Represent the Supply Chain function in cross-functional initiatives, providing supply execution insights and feasibility-based recommendations.
• Identify and implement opportunities for process improvement and automation within procurement and supply execution workflows.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Supplier management

Inventory planning

Data analysis

Cross‑functional collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Execution excellence

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Excel

ERP tools

Job description

Naterra International, Inc. is seeking a Senior Buyer / Planner to drive effective procurement execution, supplier management, and supply feasibility to meet product availability targets.

This role partners with Demand Planning, Operations, Finance, and external manufacturing to optimize capacity, lead times, and inventory levels, while mitigating risk and cost. You will lead a team focused on PO management, supplier escalation, and process improvement.