Jobs · Purchasing · Texas

Buyer Planner II

Empower Pharmacy · Houston, TX · Yesterday
On-sitePurchasingFull-time

Responsibilities

  • Purchase Execution: Executes purchasing activities, supplier coordination, purchase order management, and material tracking supporting uninterrupted manufacturing operations and inventory availability.
  • Inventory Planning: Manages inventory replenishment activities, demand alignment, and planning coordination supporting operational continuity and production schedules.
  • Supplier Coordination: Partners with suppliers, warehouse teams, manufacturing operations, and planning stakeholders to maintain supply continuity and resolve material challenges proactively.
  • Risk Mitigation: Identifies supplier risks, inventory vulnerabilities, and operational disruptions impacting manufacturing continuity, customer service, or procurement performance.
  • Process Improvement: Evaluates procurement workflows, purchasing activities, and operational processes to identify opportunities improving efficiency, scalability, and execution quality.
  • Data Accuracy: Maintains accurate purchasing records, inventory data, supplier documentation, and operational reporting supporting compliance alignment and reliable decision-making.
  • Cross Functional Collaboration: Collaborates with Manufacturing, Planning, Warehouse, Quality, and Finance teams to support operational priorities, inventory alignment, and procurement responsiveness.
  • Operational Support: Supports production schedules, inventory planning initiatives, and supply chain priorities ensuring timely material availability and operational readiness.
  • Continuous Learning: Expands procurement, planning, and operational expertise through training, technology adoption, and process improvement participation supporting high-performance execution within regulated environments.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business Administration, Finance, or related discipline preferred.
  • Minimum 3 years of purchasing, procurement, inventory planning, supply chain, or buyer planner experience supporting manufacturing, healthcare, pharmaceutical, or similarly regulated operational environments preferred.
  • Experience utilizing ERP systems, procurement platforms, inventory management tools, forecasting technologies, and operational reporting systems strongly preferred.
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled procurement analytics, workflow automation tools, and digital planning methodologies supporting operational scalability preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to execute with precision, adapt quickly to operational change, and contribute effectively within collaborative, high-performance teams.

Benefits

Employee Benefits, Health and Wellness: We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications.

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Physical Requirements

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

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