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Supply Chain Buyer — Direct Materials & NPI

PDS Tech
  • Irving, TX
  • $36 Per Hour
7 days ago

Job Description

Build what’s next—one smart buy at a time

Our manufacturing lines move fast. Your mission: ensure the right parts arrive at the right time and cost, from first article to full-rate production.

Role Logistics

  • Pay Rate: $36/hour
  • Location: On-site (Not Remote)
  • Schedule: 1st shift — Temp to hire

Your Impact

Operate with autonomy on moderately complex buying scopes. Make informed decisions within established procurement practices to stabilize supply, protect margins, and keep customers satisfied.

Core Outcomes You’ll Drive

  • Reliable supply of direct materials and services for production.
  • Seamless collaboration across internal teams, suppliers, and customers from pre-production ramp through steady-state manufacturing.
  • Sharp execution of requisition review, bid assessment, and PO placement.
  • Disciplined MRP-driven purchasing using advanced SAP functionality.
  • Procurement coverage for NPIs and existing products.
  • Effective last-time buy strategies for end-of-life parts.
  • Improved on-time delivery, controlled inventory levels, and managed purchase price variance.
  • Insightful forecast accuracy analysis and reporting.
  • Accurate maintenance of standard costs for your portfolio.
  • Sourcing and quoting support to enhance continuity and reduce total cost.
  • Swift resolution of shortages, allocations, and transactional discrepancies.
  • Supplier performance oversight with reviews and structured improvement plans.
  • Ownership of KPIs: OTD, PO acknowledgments, and past-due recovery.
  • Audit readiness for ISO/internal audits and responsive closure of findings.
  • Continuous improvement focused on data integrity and planning parameter health.
  • Root cause investigations with corrective actions that stick.

What You Bring

  • 4–7 years in direct materials buying within manufacturing (preferred).
  • Hands-on MRP experience and advanced SAP skills.
  • Analytical fluency in Excel or Google Sheets.
  • Command of procurement, inventory, and supplier management processes.
  • Ability to prioritize independently and deliver in a fast-moving setting.
  • Clear communicator and collaborator with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Meticulous problem solver with strong attention to detail.
  • Familiarity with supply chain policies, procedures, and ISO standards.

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s in Supply Chain, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Experience in electronics manufacturing environments.

Numbers & Facts

LocationIrving, TX
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Company Size5,000 to 9,999 employees
Year Founded1977
Websitehttp://www.pdstech.com/

About Company

One of the oldest and largest staffing companies in the United States, PDS Tech connects highly skilled employees with Fortune 500 clients’ needs for project support such as contingent labor, statement of work/offload engineering projects, and permanent placements.

 

PDS Tech has staffing partnerships with leading organizations based in the United States and globally. We hire jobseekers daily for openings across skill categories, including Engineering, IT, Business Professional, Administrative, Accounting/Finance, Skilled Trades and Industrial. We offer our contractors an ala carte benefits package that far exceeds our competitors, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, 401k, and employee prepaid legal services. We have an active referral bonus program to reward the collaborative efforts of our contractor community. Depending on your location or job category, holidays and longevity bonuses may also be offered.  In addition, we have a recognition program to honor workplace accomplishments and celebrate contractor achievements.

 

PDS Tech has recently joined the AKKA Group. AKKA is an international leader listed on the Euronext stock exchange and provides engineering consulting and R&D services for clients in the fields of automotive, aerospace and rail, and including life sciences, telecommunications, energy and defense. For more information about AKKA Technologies, visit https://www.akka-technologies.com/

 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status.

 

For more information visit us at www.pdstech.com or call (800) 270-4737.

Skills

  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Assembly Lineunmatched
  • Bid Analysisunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Corrective Actionunmatched
  • Cost Controlunmatched
  • Customer Satisfactionunmatched
  • Data Qualityunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Electronics Manufacturingunmatched
  • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
  • Forecastingunmatched
  • ISO (International Organization for Standardization)unmatched
  • Internal Auditunmatched
  • Inventory Levelsunmatched
  • Inventory Managementunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Performance Analysisunmatched
  • Performance Metricsunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Product/Service Launchunmatched
  • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • SAPunmatched
  • Supply Chainunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched

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