Buyer/Planner

Job Description

Job Description

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, the Company 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.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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This company offers growth and a great group of people to work with.

Company Description

This company offers growth and a great group of people to work with.