Direct Materials Procurement Specialist (SAP/MRP)

Start your morning scanning SAP MRP exceptions, translating demand signals into clean, accurate purchase orders. You’ll line up confirmations with suppliers, expedite critical materials, and keep production flowing without a hitch. As the day unfolds, you’ll troubleshoot invoice and delivery discrepancies with Accounting/AP and vendors, maintain pristine data in SAP/ERP, and close the loop by reporting key procurement and inventory KPIs.

What you’ll handle

• Convert approved requisitions into purchase orders via MRP and manage them end to end.
• Create, place, confirm, and steward POs through delivery, expediting when needed.
• Continuously monitor MRP to determine what to buy and the timing required for on-time supply.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal partners to resolve delivery, purchasing, and invoicing issues.
• Track inventory positions; analyze backorders, cost variances, and supplier performance gaps.
• Keep SAP/ERP purchasing and supply chain data current, clean, and actionable.
• Produce and share key metrics on inventory health and procurement effectiveness.
• Work closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Accounting/AP, and vendor contacts., * Stable, established manufacturer: plug into mature processes and a dependable operation.
• Team-first environment: collaborate closely across departments and with suppliers.
• Broaden your toolkit: exposure to procurement, supply chain, and manufacturing operations.

• 1+ year of purchasing/buying experience, ideally in a manufacturing setting.
• Hands-on SAP experience within purchasing/procurement, including MRP and confidence with T-codes.
• Full-cycle purchasing know-how: PO creation, vendor confirmations, expediting, and issue resolution.
• Clear communication, strong organization, collaborative mindset, and ownership of outcomes.
• Comfort with Excel, Outlook, and Teams.

Nice to have: 3+ years in a buying role, advanced Excel capability, experience sourcing materials/components from external suppliers, or prior contract/project work.

No degree required-practical Buyer experience and SAP proficiency take precedence., If you’re a hands-on Buyer fluent in SAP/MRP and ready to own results from day one, we’d love to meet you.