Strategic Buyer & Production Planner

AppleOne Employment Services; West Chatsworth (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne is seeking an experienced Buyer/Planner in Chatsworth, CA to convert customer demand into executable production plans, manage MRP, and purchase production materials and MRO supplies. This role collaborates with production, engineering, shipping, receiving, vendors, and accounting to ensure on-time delivery.

You will build master production schedules, release work orders, monitor sequences, and resolve shortages quickly in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Convert customer demand and sales orders into achievable master production schedules.
• Manage MRP planning, material availability, purchasing activity, and supplier follow-up.
• Create, release, track, and adjust work orders to support shop floor execution.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve shortages, invoice discrepancies, receiving issues, quality concerns, and production delays.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in buying, production planning, materials planning, supply chain, or related manufacturing operations.
• Strong understanding of MRP, production scheduling, work orders, inventory planning, and shop floor coordination.
• Experience purchasing production materials, commodities, and MRO supplies.
• Ability to analyze material requirements, supplier lead times, delivery dates, and production priorities.
• Strong vendor communication skills, including expediting, shipment verification, and shortage resolution.
• Detail-oriented approach to purchase orders, work orders, engineering changes, shipping notices, and document retention.
• Ability to collaborate with production leads, supervisors, engineering, shipping, receiving, and accounting.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritize urgent needs in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute master production schedules based on customer demand, sales orders, capacity, and shop floor priorities.
• Create, release, sequence, and monitor work orders, job travelers, and WIP to support production flow and resolve bottlenecks.
• Manage MRP activity to align procurement timing with production schedules and ensure component availability before jobs are released.
• Purchase production commodities and MRO supplies, including supplier follow-up, expediting, delivery tracking, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate with engineering, production, shipping, receiving, accounting, and vendors to support quality, delivery, and documentation accuracy.
• Participate in daily production huddles to track schedule attainment, OTIF performance, shortages, scrap issues, and critical priorities.

Skills

Master production scheduling

MRP planning

Supplier follow-up

Cross-functional coordination

Production planning

Inventory planning

Purchasing activity

Expediting and vendor communication

Problem solving in manufacturing

Document retention and accuracy

Job description

AppleOne is seeking an experienced Buyer/Planner in Chatsworth, CA to convert customer demand into executable production plans, manage MRP, and purchase production materials and MRO supplies. This role collaborates with production, engineering, shipping, receiving, vendors, and accounting to ensure on-time delivery.

You will build master production schedules, release work orders, monitor sequences, and resolve shortages quickly in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.