
Production Buyer
Everett, WAJob$59–99K/yrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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The Production Buyer coordinates products through the production cycle, developing supply plans based on demand, material availability, and manufacturing capacity. The role maintains ERP planning parameters, analyzes processes and systems, resolves inventory and material shortages, and balances vendor and customer needs. It also supports sourcing, continuous improvement, inventory control, and new product launches in collaboration with factory and cross-functional teams.
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Job Description
The Production Buyer is tasked with coordinating products through the complete production cycle. Develops production/supply plans based on demand forecasts, availability of materials, and manufacturing capacity. Identifies and maintains the appropriate planning parameters in ERP systems to optimize subassembly production and raw material supply plans. Evaluates and analyzes data regarding processes and systems. Resolves problems with inventory, production schedules, or materials shortages and recommends countermeasures to avoid future problems. Establishes a balance between vendors and internal and external customers based on supply and demand for materials and finished goods.
As a Production Buyer on our Material’s team, you will be responsible for the below.
Responsibilities:
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Communicate and coordinate with factory teams to ensure continuous supply of products, meeting quality and delivery standards.
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Resolve any vendor line-stopping issues.
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Driving forward our Lean culture by implementing consignment, Kanban, just-in-time, postponement, and other materials strategies to reduce inventory while maintaining inventory availability.
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Develop action plans and countermeasures with schedulers, development, and factory teams for inventory control.
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Work closely with the Strategic Sourcing Team to ensure low-cost regional sourcing, supplier assessment & management.
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Participate and initiate continuous improvement through the use of appropriate FBS (Fortive Business System) tools.
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Collaborate cross-functionally with the New Product Introduction team to ensure a successful launch of new products from engineering design to production in the factory.
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May coordinate and supervise the integration of new production cells from one location to another.
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Establish and maintain standard work and/or consistent training in the materials team.
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.
We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About Fluke
Fluke is leading the world in creating software, test tools and technology that will support customers today and in the future. We are a customer-obsessed market leader with a strong reputation for reliability, quality and safety.A wholly owned subsidiary of Fortive Corporation (www.fortive.com), Fluke is a global corporation headquartered in the greater Seattle area. Driven by the successful Fortive Business System, Fluke offers the passion of a startup with the resources of a Fortune 500 company. We are focused on the growth of our individual employees, teams and the Fluke brand.
We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at [email protected].
Pay Range
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 58,995.00 - 98,555.00.
Base pay offered may vary depending on various factors, including, but not limited to: job-related knowledge; skills; experience; and other eligibility factors such as geographic location. The Total Rewards package includes competitive base pay and an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and several programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 58,995.00 - 98,555.00
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 1,235 open Buyer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$59–99K/yr
- US median$75–101K/yr524 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $79K, is 10% below the US median midpoint ($88K) — in the middle half of Buyer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 20 open Buyer jobs in Washington and 1,235 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington
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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 (893 postings).
- Education
- 356 of the 1,235 open Buyer jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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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