Senior Commodity Buyer: Metals & Fabrication Sourcing Lead

Advastar, Inc. | Recruiting & Staffing; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 89,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

401K with match

PTO/Holidays

Job summary

Advastar, Inc. is seeking a Senior Commodity Buyer at our Texas facility to own direct-material sourcing for aluminum, steel, and fabricated components.

You will drive RFQs, quote analysis, negotiations, and supplier selection while feeding make-vs-buy recommendations to the category manager. You are a high-ownership buyer with metals and fabrication spend experience, shaping sourcing strategy and ensuring ERP data integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• APICS CPSM or related procurement certification (preferred).
• 5+ years of progressive purchasing or supply-chain experience in manufacturing.
• Direct buying of aluminum, steel, fabricated metal parts, and outside processing.
• Hands-on ERP/MRP (D365 or similar) with advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

• Ensure flow of aluminum, steel, fabricated parts, and outside-fab services to prevent material shortages.
• Act as first escalation on shortages, late deliveries, and capacity constraints, and own the recovery plan.
• Run RFQ and RFP events: specs, bid packages, quote comparisons, commercial analysis, and supplier recommendations.
• Lead routine negotiations on price, lead time, freight, capacity, tooling, and quality within set limits.
• Own PO execution, changes, expediting, invoice and price correction, and closeout.
• Maintain supplier scorecards and drive SCARs and defect resolution with Quality and Engineering.
• Protect ERP data integrity and supplier onboarding records for assigned commodities.
• Partner with plant and inventory teams on MRP, safety stock, and production priorities.
• Support engineered-to-order and capital projects: confirm requirements, obtain quotes, track milestones, flag risk.
• Work PPV review, savings validation, and spend visibility with Finance.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Negotiation

Capacity planning

Make vs Buy

RFQ/RFP

Education

Bachelor’s in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field

APICS CPSM certification

Tools

D365 / ERP

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Job description

Advastar, Inc. is seeking a Senior Commodity Buyer at our Texas facility to own direct-material sourcing for aluminum, steel, and fabricated components.

You will drive RFQs, quote analysis, negotiations, and supplier selection while feeding make-vs-buy recommendations to the category manager. You are a high-ownership buyer with metals and fabrication spend experience, shaping sourcing strategy and ensuring ERP data integrity.