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A global industrial IoT leader is seeking a Buyer/Planner to support material availability, supplier performance, and customer delivery commitments. The role partners with Operations, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Order Management, handling purchasing, supply planning, inventory support, and customer order coordination. Candidates should bring relevant buying or planning experience, supply chain knowledge, purchase order and supplier management experience, ERP proficiency, and strong coordination and communication skills.
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Description
A global leader in industrial IoT is seeking a Buyer/Planner to join their team. This person will be responsible for helping ensure material availability, supplier performance, and customer delivery commitments while partnering across multiple functions to support business operations.
Duties include:
- Customer Delivery & Order Management
Maintain accurate customer order promise dates.
Achieve 95% on-time delivery to the first promised ship date.
Support customer delivery commitments through effective planning and coordination.
- Procurement & Supplier Management
Create and release purchase orders based on material requirements.
Proactively follow up with suppliers to ensure on-time deliveries.
Monitor supplier performance and help address delivery risks.
- Supply Planning & Inventory Support
Develop and manage detailed demand and supply plans.
Support material availability and supply continuity.
Help maintain inventory levels necessary to meet customer and business requirements.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Operations, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Order Management teams to improve customer delivery performance and overall customer experience.
Requirements • Detail-oriented experience in buying, planning, procurement, or a related supply chain function.
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Working knowledge of supply chain management principles, including purchasing, material planning, and inventory support.
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Experience managing purchase orders, supplier communication, and order follow-up activities.
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Familiarity with customer order management and delivery scheduling in a manufacturing or distribution environment.
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Proficiency with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne or similar ERP systems used for procurement and planning.
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Strong coordination and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple departments.
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Detail-oriented approach to maintaining accurate data, tracking commitments, and resolving supply or delivery issues.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,221 open Buyer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Virginia median$68–99K/yr20 salary ranges
- US median$29–35/hr134 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 30 open Buyer jobs in Virginia and 1,221 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Buyer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (888 postings).
- Education
- 363 of the 1,221 open Buyer jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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