Buyer/Planner

What is the Opportunity?

At Ovivo, we offer you the opportunity to expand your skills and professional experience while collaborating with worldwide experts in water treatment. As a Buyer/Planner, you will be responsible for the procurement and planning of materials, parts, and chemicals required to support manufacturing and aftermarket operations. This role ensures material availability, manages supplier performance, and maintains accurate system data supporting inventory targets, and customer commitments.

OVIVO-ALAR is an established original equipment manufacturer of industrial and municipal wastewater filtration equipment, providing parts, chemicals, and technical support to our customers.

Joining Ovivo means being part of a global team of innovative and passionate professionals who are committed to preserving water, our planet's most critical resource. It also means combining our efforts and talents towards a more sustainable future - together.

This role is full time onsite, M-F, and is based in our office in Mokena, IL.

What is the role?

Procurement & Supplier Management

• Source, evaluate, and manage suppliers for industrial parts and chemicals
• Support cost and service objectives
• Monitor vendor performance including quality, delivery, and responsiveness
• Resolve supplier issues including non-conformances, shortages, and delays

Planning & Inventory Control

• Plan and release purchase orders based on demand, forecasts, and inventory levels
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels to balance service and carrying costs
• Coordinate with internal teams supporting material requirements
• Track and expedite orders to ensure on-time delivery

ERP System Management

• Maintain accurate item, pricing, and vendor data in the ERP system
• Manage purchase orders, confirmations, receipt transactions, and freight
• Run and analyze system reports to support planning and purchasing decisions
• Ensure data integrity to support MRP and operational reporting

Operational Support & Collaboration

• Work cross-functionally with OVIVO and Alar teams
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and process standardization
• Assist with documentation and compliance related to ISO or internal procedures
• Communicate clearly on order status, risks, and mitigation plans
• Other duties as assigned

Does this sound like you?

• Education: HS Diploma/GED required. Associate degree or equivalent preferred

• At least 3 years of purchasing/planning experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment

• Experience sourcing and procuring chemicals, mechanical parts, and/or components

• Strong background in vendor management and supplier negotiations

• Proven prior experience executing cost savings initiatives

• Hands-on experience with an ERP system

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and data analysis

• Results-driven professional with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, exceptional attention to detail and data accuracy, effective cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to manage competing priorities while driving continuous improvement and sound procurement decisions.

• Experience in wastewater, manufacturing, industrial equipment, or process industries (preferred)

• Familiarity with ISO processes and quality systems (preferred)

Physical Demands

This role requires the ability to:

• Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

Work Environment

• Minimal travel may be required at times
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Don't meet every single requirement? If you carry a strong sense of ownership and teamwork in everything you do, we'd like to hear from you anyway.

What we offer as an employer

At Ovivo, teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. We value work-life balance and strive to provide an engaging work environment along with excellent benefits and career progression opportunities.

Benefits - all full-time employees are eligible for Ovivo's generous benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• 401k Match of 4%
• Parental Leave
• Company paid life insurance along with company paid short and long-term disability
• 11 paid holidays
• Three weeks of PTO per year (prorated based on start date)
• Roll over of 64 PTO hours to the following year
• Sixteen personal hours hire date determines number of personal hours for the first year
• Days off between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day - paid by the company with no impact to PTO balance.
• Profit sharing

At Ovivo we are committed to providing working environments where everyone is included and treated fairly and with respect.

Dive in - Apply Today! Let's change the future of water together.

About Ovivo

Ovivo is a global provider of equipment, technology, and systems producing among the purest water and treating some of the most challenging wastewater in the industry. Ovivo is a powerful global brand with renowned trademarks, possessing more than 150 years of expertise and references in water treatment, supported by its proprietary products, advanced technologies, and extensive system integration knowhow. Ovivo delivers conventional to highly technological water treatment solutions for the industrial and municipal markets and leverages its large installed base of equipment around the world to offer parts and services to its customers. Ovivo is dedicated to innovation in an industry that is in constant evolution and offers water treatment solutions that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable.

You can learn more about Alar and all of our industrial product lines at https://industrial.ovivowater.com/

To learn more about Ovivo, please visit https://careers.ovivowater.com/