Buyer

About the role

Help grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day. This role holds purchasing responsibility for AVIRE's US operations and is the single point of accountability for material availability and supplier performance at both US locations: Sussex, Wisconsin and Marlboro, New Jersey. The Operational Buyer‑Planner is based in Sussex, WI, reports to the Purchasing Manager, US, and executes within global commodity and Material Group strategies. Travel between and on‑site support of both locations may be expected as business needs require.

Responsibilities

• Own day‑to‑day purchasing execution for both US sites (Sussex, WI and Marlboro, NJ), including requisition conversion, purchase order placement, order confirmation, expediting, and delivery follow‑up.
• Consolidate demand and leverage shared suppliers across Sussex, WI and Marlboro, NJ, and manage inter‑site transfers and stock balancing between the two US locations.
• Partner with production, engineering, quality, service, and warehouse teams at each US site to align supply plans to site‑specific build schedules, priorities, and customer commitments.
• Manage assigned suppliers and act as the primary owner of supplier performance, cost, quality, and continuity.
• Utilize and update Material Group / Commodity strategies aligned with global supply chain and manufacturing objectives.
• Plan, procure, and ensure uninterrupted material availability for production and service operations through short‑ and long‑term MRP.
• Maintain and optimize D365 planning parameters and master data to ensure accurate forecasting, inventory levels, and data integrity across BOMs and material masters.
• Monitor supply risks, capacity constraints, and obsolescence, and raise issues to enable mitigation plans to protect production and service continuity.
• Understand total landed cost for assigned commodities, including price, logistics, duties, and inventory carrying costs, and drive cost‑reduction initiatives.
• Prepare, analyze, and act on operational and planning reports including inventory health, backorders, pricing, and supplier performance.
• Administer and monitor contracts, NDAs, and framework agreements ongoing and as part of vendor onboarding.
• Coordinate logistics activities with internal teams and suppliers to ensure on‑time delivery and resolution of shipment deviations.
• Resolve non‑conforming materials (NCR), supplier complaints, and corrective actions in cooperation with Quality and cross‑functional teams.
• Collaborate closely with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice discrepancies, pricing issues, and payment deviations.
• Notify of End‑of‑Life (EOL) and End‑of‑Support (EOS) strategies and execute on last‑time buys.
• Raise escalations and support cross‑functional stakeholders without direct reporting authority.
• Actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives and apply structured problem‑solving methodologies to improve processes and outcomes.
• Provide operational backup, support inventory counts, and ensure business continuity during absences.

Desired Attributes

• Action‑oriented curiosity: readily takes on challenges, identifies and seizes new opportunities, and delivers on projects.
• Collaboration: embraces diverse experiences and viewpoints to achieve the best outcomes.
• Empowerment: makes decisions, stands up for ideas, and challenges the team to strive for more.
• Accountability: takes responsibility for actions and delivers on commitments.
• Inclusion: treats everyone with respect in all aspects of work.

Job Skills

• Sufficient material availability, purchasing execution, and supplier performance for both US locations.
• Ensuring material for smooth production and consumables.
• Delivering on purchasing requests from other departments.
• Proper tendering / sourcing process.
• Accuracy of data in the MRP system.
• Communication with suppliers.
• Understanding and execution of framework agreements and agreed terms and conditions.
• Optimization of inventory levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, Economics, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in purchasing, supply chain, or material planning within a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of material requirements planning (MRP), inventory optimization, and production support in short‑ and long‑term horizons.
• User‑level knowledge of PC use and MS Office suite; Excel expert preferred.
• Experience with MRP Dynamics 365.
• Experience in purchasing and logistics.
• Organizational, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Precision, systematic and analytical approach, ability to follow tasks through to completion.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Organizational bonus plan.
• Complete benefits package including health, dental & vision insurance, 401K, paid vacation, paid holidays, and generous parental leave.
• Professional development training opportunities.
• Hybrid work schedule.

About AVIRE

AVIRE combines four market‑leading brands (Rath, Janus, Microkey, and Memco) within the elevator and emergency communications industries, offering light curtains, area of refuge, emergency telephones/GSMs, and life safety solutions. The group has manufacturing locations in two countries, R&D in two countries, and Sales & Marketing in eight countries, employing over 400 people globally. AVIRE is part of the Halma group, which values talent and provides long‑term career growth across its more than 50 businesses.