Strategic Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

As a Strategic Buyer, you will be a key part of the Global Supply Chain & Procurement team within Operations. You will thrive at the intersection of long-term vision and daily execution, helping to create a supply base that can scale. The Buyer will collaborate with suppliers to negotiate favorable terms, manage inventory levels, and streamline purchasing processes. Your organizational skills and ability to build strong relationships will be essential as you oversee purchase orders, delivery schedules, and product costs. You will also go beyond transactional purchasing activities to actively manage supplier relationships, supply risks, business escalations, and cross-functional priorities. Rather than just reacting to immediate needs, you will look around corners to anticipate and neutralize supply chain risks months and years before they can impact our business. If you're a detail-oriented individual with a passion for driving cost savings and operational excellence, we encourage you to apply.

We believe in the power of in-person collaboration and the benefits of a strong workplace community. Therefore, this full-time role requires an onsite presence at our South Burlington, VT office. We encourage candidates who are able to relocate or comfortably commute to apply.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

• Monitoring and managing purchase orders (POs), inventory levels and delivery schedules to ensure timely availability of materials and components.
• Identifying and implementing scalable procurement processes to weather supply chain volatility as our global footprint expands.
• Drive global cost strategy and commodity index analysis while navigating geopolitical risks to optimize cost structures.
• Establishing risk mitigation strategies, including geographic diversification and tariff impact analysis, to ensure supply chain resilience.
• Setting up and managing vendor managed inventory (VMI) programs, negotiating MOQs and leading end of life (EOL) management of obsolescence materials and components inventory.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers to foster collaboration, compliance and continuous improvement.
• Identifying, qualifying, and developing new suppliers and resource pools.
• Managing supplier communications to review delivery schedules and key activities for assigned materials, suppliers and new product development projects (NPD).
• Analyzing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), influencing design-to-cost initiatives during the NPD phase.
• Running supplier reviews (QBRs), maintaining and reviewing lead times, MOQs, expedites on monthly and quarterly basis.
• Running RFQs/RFPs and negotiating contracts including NDAs, SOWs, price sheets with suppliers to secure the best possible pricing, MOQ, lead times and terms & conditions.
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant procurement regulations and policies.

The team you will be joining:

Our Operations team is responsible for building, testing, packaging and shipping OnLogic technology around the world. Their tireless attention to detail, and commitment to quality lets us boast about how reliable and configurable our systems are. Members of the Operations team cross-train on multiple disciplines to provide us with unparalleled staffing flexibility and the capability to react to any production demand. Always living up to the way we work through continuous improvement and process optimization, Operations is where project plans and technical specifications become a reality. Roles on the Operations team include computer production, hardware testing, fulfillment services, supply chain management, product and process quality, production engineering, and technical support.

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Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience in buying or purchasing electronics components, with experience in computer manufacturing preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP systems.
• Significant experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) methodologies.
• Knowledge of CM/ODM/OEM/COTS, price negotiations, and purchase order creation and management.
• Experience driving supply chain efficiencies using artificial intelligence (AI) (Copilot, Claude, Gemini, etc.).
• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification strongly preferred.
• Ability to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship, now and in the future.

Who we're looking for:

• You are passionate about solving problems in a low-volume, high-mix, fast-paced environment at a company experiencing growth.
• You manage multiple projects and timelines within deadline and have excellent attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
• You are innovative, self-directed, and have demonstrated the ability to problem solve with a fact based, data driven, and rigorous approach. You drive issues to closure in high-pressure environments.
• You are a creative problem solver, negotiator and influencer who is comfortable with multitasking and works best in a collaborative open culture environment.
• You are a strategic, data-driven negotiator who can analyze commodity indexes and navigate complex geopolitical impacts to protect margins and collaborate effectively across internal teams.

Who we are:

OnLogic employees have the opportunity to shape our future and drive impactful change. We design and manufacture specialized edge computing solutions for companies all over the world, helping them to make the seemingly impossible possible. Our computers are designed to work where others fail, and it's our vision to be the first choice in edge computing. To make that vision a reality, we've built a team of ambitious problem solvers, guided by the company's core values of Open, Fair, Innovative, and Independent. We have an open office, open salaries, and strive to be fair and transparent in our decision making. We encourage input and feedback from every member of our team and look to improve ourselves and our business every single day.

Diversity is an essential element of our core values. Not just respecting, but actively embracing a variety of backgrounds, life experiences, and opinions, helps us foster innovation, enhances our problem-solving capabilities, and promotes learning and engagement among the members of our team. We strongly encourage those with diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and harassment-free workplace for all employees. We do not tolerate any form of harassment, discrimination, or bias based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, or any other protected characteristic.

To learn more about our values, our mission and what it's like to work at OnLogic, visit

Benefits

The salary range for this role is $110,000 to $140,000. We determine final compensation based on discussions with applicants and their experience in similar roles. 

• A competitive Salary based upon your experience and the requirements of the role
• A comprehensive Benefits package
• 401k Plan with 3% Employer Contribution
• An Annual Profit Share Bonus 
• Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave, and Short & Long Term Disability
• A personal development plan created to help you (and us) grow

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