
Operational Material Management Buyer
The Operational Material Management Buyer is responsible for coordinating inventory management, ensuring SCM master data setup, handling product life cycle management, communicating with suppliers within ERP software, performing forecasting, order placement, risk mitigation, performance reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives, and resolving moderate procurement issues.
Your role:
Communicates forecasts to suppliers, validates them, and ensures alignment between material planning and production planning through S&OP meetings
Places orders with suppliers and monitors delivery time, quality, and price, while also managing open orders and expediting when necessary
Generates purchase orders, resolves moderate issues, monitors consignment stock at suppliers, conducts regular stock takes and tracks materials provided to vendors.
You're the right fit if:
You’ve acquired 4+ years of experience in areas such as material planning, supply chain management or equivalent; no prior experience required with a Bachelor's degree.
Your skills include supply chain management, data analysis and interpretation, enterprise resource planning system, inventory management systems, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, risk management, business acumen, master data management, purchase order management, vender management, product development lifecycle
You have a Bachelor's Degree/ Vocational Education in Business Economics, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Data Analysis and Statistics, Business Analytics or equivalent.
You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position
You thrive in a fast-paced environment and can work cross-functionally
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
This is an office role.
About Philips
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Philips Transparency Details
The pay range for this position in CA is $66,000 to $105,000.
The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.
In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here
At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.
Additional Information
US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.
Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Ontario, CA.
#EOS
This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.
Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.

Over the past decade we have transformed into a focused leader in health technology.
At Philips, our purpose is to improve people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation. We aim to improve 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030, including 400 million in underserved communities.
We see healthcare as a connected whole. Helping people to live healthily and prevent disease. Giving clinicians the tools they need to make a precision diagnosis and deliver personalized treatment. Aiding the patient's recovery at home in the community. All supported by a seamless flow of data.
As a technology company, we – and our brand licensees – innovate for people with one consistent belief: there’s always a way to make life better.
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