Material Planner​/Buyer

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Job Title: Material Planner Buyer
Location: Alsip, IL (Onsite)

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Step into our Precision and Science Technologies division where precision engineering powers scientific innovation. We deliver high-performance pumps, fluid management systems, and aftermarket solutions for the world’s most demanding, mission-critical applications. The Material Planner (Buyer) is a critical contributor to our manufacturing operation, owning end-to-end material planning and purchasing for a site that builds complex pump assemblies. In this role, you ensure the timely flow of materials by placing purchase orders, managing supplier follow-up, and supporting production assembly lines and service parts—directly impacting the plant’s ability to meet both current and future operational demands.

The ideal candidate brings strong mechanical aptitude and an understanding of how castings, machined components, and outsourced processing come together on the shop floor. Operating as a hands-on problem solver within our materials organization, you’ll apply root-cause analysis to strengthen planning and purchasing processes where gaps exist. Your experience in operations, inventory management, and ERP-driven environments enables you to anticipate constraints, balance supply and demand, and support engineering changes as they move into production.

If you’re energized by manufacturing environments, enjoy solving complex material and supply challenges, and want to move beyond transactional buying to make a meaningful operational impact, this role offers the opportunity to shape how materials planning is done—and how the site succeeds.

• Perform timely, cost-conscious procurement of production/inventory/MRO items.
• From approved supplier list, recommend and select suppliers to fulfill scheduled plant deliveries.
• Responsible for the onboarding of new selected suppliers relative to material planning.
• Maintain and continuously evaluate supplier performance and escalate to Procurement when issues occur.
• Coordinate with Quality Assurance to resolve quality issues with suppliers.
• Identify total cost and cash flow opportunities with suppliers.
• Communicate forecasts and replenishment plans to supplier.
• Review open requirements, monitoring vendor performance and expediting where necessary. Ensure that problems relating to delivery, quality or pricing are promptly conveyed to the supplier and resolved in a timely manner.

• Ensure optimal inventory levels and safety stock are maintained for their parts.
• Maintain material plan at the time fence to ensure continuity of supply.
• Maintain proactive shortage identification and management - help flag root causes & corrective actions.
• Analyze and select parts for Kanban and Supplier replenishment.
• Maintains item master lead time information based upon process improvements, current…