**Job Summary**

The Material Planner (Buyer) plays a vital role in ensuring timely delivery of materials to support production operations by managing material planning activitiesfrom placing purchase orders, follow up with suppliers to deliver product to production assembly lines and/or service parts. Has a direct impact on ensuring the plant has access to the inputs, materials, goods, and services it needs for its current and future operations. Plans engineering change and coordinates into production when appropriate. Provides other support to production and management as required.

**Responsibilities**

+ Perform timely, cost-conscious procurement of production/inventory/MRO items.
+ Receive and analyze requisitions to determine quantity, specifications, and delivery requirements.
+ From approved supplier list, recommend and select suppliers to fulfill scheduled plant deliveries.
+ Responsible for the onboarding of new selected suppliers relative to ...