Senior Buyer

About the Opportunity

LHH is seeing a Senior Buyer for a growing consumer products organization in the Fort Worth area. This individual would be an experienced supply chain professional overseeing purchasing execution, supplier performance, inventory planning, and product availability. This role will play a key part in converting demand requirements into executable purchasing and supply plans while maintaining appropriate inventory levels.

The role works closely with planning, operations, finance, quality, and external production partners to address capacity limitations, supplier performance issues, inventory exposure, and other supply risks.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with suppliers and external production partners, including performance, service, cost, and delivery expectations.

• Coordinate with planning teams to evaluate supplier capacity, lead times, inventory requirements, and overall supply availability.

• Assess production readiness for new products and launches, identifying potential capacity or delivery risks before execution.

• Support the qualification, onboarding, and ongoing performance management of suppliers and manufacturing partners.

• Oversee purchasing activities and inventory planning based on established demand requirements.

• Convert demand requirements into actionable purchasing plans aligned with supplier capabilities and inventory goals.

• Maintain appropriate inventory levels while reducing excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory exposure.

• Serve as a key escalation point for supplier delays, production issues, capacity constraints, and material availability challenges.

• Provide supply-side recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders regarding operational risks and execution.

• Identify opportunities to improve or automate purchasing and supply chain processes.

• Provide leadership and guidance around purchase order execution, supplier issues, and supply tracking.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.

• 5+ years of experience within purchasing, procurement, supply planning, manufacturing operations, or a related supply chain function.

• Experience working within consumer products or another high-volume product environment.

• Strong background managing suppliers, purchasing activity, and inventory requirements.

• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex supplier, capacity, inventory, and delivery challenges.

• Strong analytical abilities with proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with ERP or supply chain systems.

• Ability to develop productive relationships across internal teams, suppliers, and external manufacturing partners.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.

• Effective problem-solving and communication skills with the ability to provide data-driven recommendations.

Pay Details: $90,000.00 to $105,000.00 per year

Search managed by: Ryan Badami

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