Raw Material Buyer

The Raw Material Buyer reports to the Service Materials & Logistics Manager and focuses on activities related to buying, planning, and inventory and material control. In this role, the Raw Material Buyer drives continuous process improvements, prepares operational reports, graphs, and data charts, and ensures efficiency across site supply chain operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Employees work in a hybrid mode based out of Painesville, OH (250 Chester St #3).

• Manage and improve raw material planning and ordering processes by conducting daily planning and ordering for all chemical and web stock raw materials, analyzing usage in response to demand or supply shifts, and standardizing daily planning workflows.

• Maintain and enhance vendor management processes involved in forecasting and ordering to support operational continuity.

• Oversee site raw material inventory management processes to achieve service and inventory objectives, including cycle counts, loss reduction initiatives, and slow-moving/obsolete (SLOB) inventory management.

• Identify and lead continuous improvement projects to optimize raw planning, inventory management, and customer service using Enterprise Lean Sigma (ELS) problem-solving tools and A3 Thinking.

• Coordinate cross-functional activities across site operations, including resolving invoice exceptions with finance and accounts payable, coordinating international orders, supporting sales order management, and managing the daily editor schedule with operations and engineering.

Department: Supply Chain
Experience Level: Associate