Buyer/Planner

Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Buyer/Planner for a direct hire opportunity in Chatsworth, CA. This role is ideal for a procurement and production planning professional who can step into a fast-paced manufacturing environment and make an immediate impact on material availability, shop floor scheduling, supplier coordination, and on-time delivery performance. The Buyer/Planner will play a key role in converting customer demand into executable production plans, managing MRP requirements, purchasing production materials and MRO supplies, and supporting engineering with sourcing needs for new designs. This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on manufacturing operations, cross-functional teamwork, and working closely with production, engineering, shipping, receiving, vendors, and accounting. This position offers the chance to join a stable, team-oriented environment where clear communication, accountability, and proactive problem-solving are valued. The right candidate will appreciate a role with visibility, ownership, and the ability to directly influence production flow, inventory readiness, and customer delivery success. Key Responsibilities Build and execute master production schedules based on customer demand, sales orders, capacity, and shop floor priorities. Create, release, sequence, and monitor work orders, job travelers, and WIP to support production flow and resolve bottlenecks. Manage MRP activity to align procurement timing with production schedules and ensure component availability before jobs are released. Purchase production commodities and MRO supplies, including supplier follow-up, expediting, delivery tracking, and issue resolution. Coordinate with engineering, production, shipping, receiving, accounting, and vendors to support quality, delivery, and documentation accuracy. Participate in daily production huddles to track schedule attainment, OTIF performance, shortages, scrap issues, and critical priorities. Key Competencies Must have experience with MRO purchase orders Compensation and Benefits Salary range: $70,000 to $75,000 per year. Employment type: Direct hire. Location: Chatsworth, CA. Required Qualifications and Skills Convert customer demand and sales orders into achievable master production schedules. Manage MRP planning, material availability, purchasing activity, and supplier follow-up. Create, release, track, and adjust work orders to support shop floor execution. Coordinate cross-functionally to resolve shortages, invoice discrepancies, receiving issues, quality concerns, and production delays. 3 to 5 years of experience in buying, production planning, materials planning, supply chain, or a related manufacturing operations role. Strong understanding of MRP, production scheduling, work orders, inventory planning, and shop floor coordination. Experience purchasing production materials, commodities, and MRO supplies. Ability to analyze material requirements, supplier lead times, delivery dates, and production priorities. Strong vendor communication skills, including expediting, shipment verification, and shortage resolution. Detail-oriented approach to purchase orders, work orders, engineering changes, shipping notices, and document retention. Ability to collaborate effectively with production leads, supervisors, engineering, shipping, receiving, and accounting. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritize urgent needs in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting manufacturing environments with high schedule visibility and on-time delivery expectations. Familiarity with OTIF metrics, WIP tracking, line balancing, capacity planning, and production huddles. Experience sourcing materials for new product designs or engineering-driven changes. Background working with both production commodities and maintenance, repair, and operations purchasing. Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans The Know Your Rights poster is available here: The pay transparency policy is available here: For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team. AppleOne participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program. 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