Strategic Buyer for Plant Operations & P2P

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with 12% match

Annual bonus

Job summary

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC is seeking a Buyer to act as the day-to-day procurement execution partner for plant and regional Operations. You will execute approved global and regional category strategies, maintain contract compliance, and ensure material availability at target cost, quality, and delivery.

You will own disciplined procure-to-pay execution and supplier follow-through. Role focuses on delivering a reliable, low-friction procure-to-pay model that improves material cost, inventory

Qualifications

• Associate's degree required; bachelor's in supply chain or related field preferred.
• 2+ years' purchasing, materials, supply chain, or manufacturing service experience.
• Excel and ERP purchasing experience; Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience preferred.
• Ability to analyze supplier data and communicate escalations effectively.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary purchasing execution partner for designated facilities and Operations leadership.
• Execute sourcing strategies, negotiated contracts, approved supplier lists, pricing, and specifications; escalate exceptions as needed.
• Collaborate daily with Operations, Planning, Inventory, Quality, Finance/AP and Category Management; maintain clear escalation paths.
• Procure-to-pay discipline: Convert approved demand and requisitions into PO; confirm price, terms, quantities, delivery dates, coding and approvals; monitor open orders through receipt, invoice resolution, and closure.
• Contract and policy compliance: Use approved suppliers, negotiated terms, buying channels, and delegated authority; flag maverick spend, off-contract pricing, duplicate orders, and exceptions for resolution.
• Supplier execution and escalation: Secure order acknowledgements, maintain realistic promise dates, expedite critical material, resolve shortages and discrepancies, and coordinate escalation and recovery plans.
• Inventory and working capital: Partner with Operations and Planning to review demand, lead times, safety stock, excess/obsolete inventory, open-PO exposure, and opportunities to lower inventory days on hand without jeopardizing service.
• Supplier performance: Maintain supplier delivery and defect data, support corrective actions with Quality and Category Management, and implement focused scorecards for the top five suppliers by category as deployed.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Associate's degree in any major

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or related discipline (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC is seeking a Buyer to act as the day-to-day procurement execution partner for plant and regional Operations. You will execute approved global and regional category strategies, maintain contract compliance, and ensure material availability at target cost, quality, and delivery.

You will own disciplined procure-to-pay execution and supplier follow-through. Role focuses on delivering a reliable, low-friction procure-to-pay model that improves material cost, inventory