Strategic Plant Procurement & Maintenance Planner

ERCO Worldwide; Valdosta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Dental Benefits on Day 1

Health Care/Wellness Spending Account

Annual Short Term Incentive Bonus

Staff Recognition Awards

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee and Family Assistance Program

Paid time off

401k match

Disability Insurance

Job summary

ERCO Worldwide is seeking a Procurement & Maintenance Planner to support procurement, inventory management, and maintenance planning for the Valdosta plant. This role collaborates with the Maintenance Manager and coordinates budgeting, contractor resources, and materials availability to keep plant operations running safely and efficiently.

You will participate in outages, manage spare parts, and support capital projects while providing backup coverage to the Maintenance and Commercial Managers

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-6 years of experience in industrial procurement, material sourcing, inventory control and spare parts management preferably supporting manufacturing operations.
• Experience collaborating with maintenance, engineering, operations, contractors in an industrial setting.
• Familiarity with contractor management, budgeting, cost control, and maintenance planning/scheduling is asset.

Responsibilities

• Manages the procurement function at the plant. Processes requisitions and purchase orders for expense, capital, and inventory purchases.
• Participates in the RFP process, researches and recommends replacement solutions for obsolete equipment, reviews scopes of work, evaluates supplier proposals, and supports maintenance, operations, engineering, and project teams with procurement activities.
• Supports maintenance planning by identifying long-lead-time materials, ensuring material availability for planned work, and coordinating supplier support during outages and shutdowns. Serves as SCOR leader for the plant.
• Maintains spare parts inventory and supports maintenance planning activities.
• Performs and reconciles annual inventory counts, coordinates inventory additions and revisions, identifies obsolete materials, maintains inventory accuracy, establishes inventory levels for critical equipment, and supports preventive and predictive maintenance activities by ensuring materials are available for scheduled work.
• Assists the Maintenance Manager with maintenance planning, scheduling, shutdown preparation, and reliability improvement initiatives.

Skills

Safety mindset

Relationship builder

Results oriented

Continuous improvement

Proactive problem solver

Education

High School Diploma

Business diploma preferred

Job description

ERCO Worldwide is seeking a Procurement & Maintenance Planner to support procurement, inventory management, and maintenance planning for the Valdosta plant. This role collaborates with the Maintenance Manager and coordinates budgeting, contractor resources, and materials availability to keep plant operations running safely and efficiently.

You will participate in outages, manage spare parts, and support capital projects while providing backup coverage to the Maintenance and Commercial Managers