Job Summary Required Qualifications and Skills
We are seeking an experienced Buyer/Planner for a temp-to-hire opportunity in Chatsworth, CA. This role is ideal for a procurement and production planning professional who can step into a fast-paced electronics manufacturing environment and make an immediate impact on material availability, production scheduling, supplier coordination, and on-time delivery performance.
The Buyer/Planner will help convert customer demand into executable production plans, manage MRP requirements, purchase production materials and MRO supplies, and support engineering with sourcing needs for new designs. This is a high-visibility role for someone who enjoys hands-on manufacturing operations, cross-functional teamwork, and proactive problem-solving.
This opportunity offers a stable, team-oriented environment where clear communication, accountability, and collaboration are valued. Candidates who enjoy working closely with production, engineering, shipping, receiving, vendors, and accounting will find this role well aligned with their skills and career goals.
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.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range: $70,000 to $75,000 per year.
- Employment type: Temp-to-hire.
- Location: Chatsworth, CA.
- Manage production planning activities, including master schedules, work orders, job travelers, and WIP tracking.
- Support purchasing activity for production materials, commodities, and MRO supplies.
- Use MRP requirements to align procurement timing with production schedules and material availability.
- Coordinate cross-functionally with production, engineering, shipping, receiving, accounting, and suppliers.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in buying, planning, production control, procurement, or a related manufacturing operations role.
- Must have experience creating and managing MRO purchase orders.
- Experience working with MRP systems, production schedules, work orders, and component availability.
- Strong supplier follow-up, expediting, delivery tracking, and issue resolution skills.
- Ability to support a fast-paced manufacturing environment with changing priorities and critical deadlines.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across production, engineering, purchasing, shipping, receiving, vendors, and accounting.
- Detail-oriented and proactive, with strong organizational skills and a focus on on-time delivery, inventory readiness, and schedule execution.
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