Senior Buyer Specialist

The Senior Buyer Specialist plays a key role in driving strong supply chain performance at the Howard Lake facility. This position is responsible for developing and executing purchasing strategies for direct materials ensuring ontime delivery while maintaining inventory at planned levels through tools such as JustinTime purchasing and Economic Order Quantities (EOQ). Youll partner closely with engineering and production teams manage bills of material and part/commodity data within enterprise systems and proactively resolve material discrepancies to keep production moving.

In addition youll build and maintain strong supplier relationships develop specifications for new contract orders gather and assess quotations and evaluate bids to recommend bestvalue sourcing decisions. By monitoring cost schedule scope and quality across assigned subcontracts this role helps ensure material standards are met nonconformances are minimized and the organization achieves the right balance of quality cost and continuity of supply.

Responsibilities:

• Reads production schedules inventory reports and work orders to determine type and quantity of materials required availability of stock and order priority.
• Develop and maintain planning models as required.
• Checks requisitions for appropriate approval and account numbers.
• Works closely with Receiving Department to ensure proper supplies arrive.
• Traces delinquent arrivals from Purchase Orders.
• Reviews supplier acknowledgements for accuracy.
• Confers with department supervisors to determine overdue material and parts and to inform supervisors of material status.
• Checks discrepancies on receipts and invoices and work closely with accounts payable to ensure invoices are processed on time and our account remains in good standing. 
• Work closely with suppliers on material shortages delays or out of spec material to resolve the situation quickly and obtain credit when necessary.
• Comply with safety and corporate guidelines on business ethics.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervision.

Work Environment:

• Manufacturing environment with frequent exposure to wood dusts and cabinetmaking related materials.
• Office environment with frequent environmental exposure to low-grade radiation from computer monitors.
• Exposure to hot and cold elements due to non-climate controlled environment.
• Wearing of Personal Protection Equipment required: eye and ear protection

Qualifications :

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.
• 4 years of experience in the purchasing environment is preferred.
• Knowledge of Purchasing and Inventory Management systems.
• Fluent in SQL based databases and Microsoft Excel and Access preferred.
• Ability to perform all assigned duties and responsibilities as required.

Additional Information :

Equal Employment Opportunity

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is an equal opportunity employer. MasterBrand Cabinets LLCs policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race color religion sex gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability/handicap status marital status military status sexual orientation genetic history or information or any other basis protected by federal state or local laws. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also MasterBrand Cabinets LLCs policy to comply with all applicable federal state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Reasonable Accommodations

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment please contact us at

Hiring Range: $67800.00-85000.00

*Actual pay will vary based on qualifications and other factors

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time