Buyer II

Buyer / Planner

ITW Commercial Construction is a leading manufacturer with a proven history of creating innovative fastening solutions used by the professional commercial contractor in concrete anchoring and flooring, drywall, metal building, fire protection, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC applications. We take pride in our commitment to being a customer-centric organization with operational excellence, superior service, and new product development that has guided the company through decades of growth by meeting the ever-changing needs of the commercial construction industry. Focusing on the needs of our end-users enables us to customize our product offering and service based on their requirements. ITW Commercial Construction encompasses the leading brands of Buildex (Teks, Sammys), Red Head (TruBolt, Tapcon), Ramset (Trakfast), and PNA (Diamond Dowel) with an overall history dating back to 1910.ITW offers its employees a path for advancement, a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to help employees care for themselves, their families, and their futures.

As a Buyer / Planner, you will operate in a collaborative team environment to execute both short and long-range planning and buying activities. Your work will support the achievement of individual, team, and divisional goals. This role requires frequent interaction with suppliers and close coordination with internal stakeholders, including strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, project management, cost control, supplier relationship management, and compliance oversight.

Leveraging data-driven insights, you will contribute to the development of product line outlooks that support the division's fulfillment and inventory objectives.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Develop and monitor demand outlooks across key product categories.
• Participate in meetings with sales and marketing to ensure outlook data alignment and divisional growth objectives are on track.
• Develop working relationships with manufacturing sites to understand plant needs and expectations.
• Conduct weekly review of MRD targets to determine required planning actions for purchased finished goods, outside processing and components, from both domestic and offshore suppliers.
• Identify supply risks, discuss options to mitigate with manager and provide summarized weekly reports to management.
• Issue weekly purchase orders, monitor and ensure supplier delivery schedules are executed and communicated to the division.
• Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing partners to execute primary supplier strategies and ensure cost actions are implemented.
• Collaborate with project teams to execute new product development and annual PLS timelines to meet divisional and customer launch and ramp down timing.
• Drive efforts to achieve divisional metrics for Safety, Fill Rates, Margins and Inventory Levels.
• Lead supplier management communication using supplier scorecard metrics and divisional expectations.
• Learn and use the ITW Toolbox to streamline processes, maintain suitable inventory and eliminate waste.
• Embrace our ITW leadership competencies and core values in everything you do!

Job Requirements :

Work Environment :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this position within typical manufacturing working conditions.

The majority of the time will be spent in the in an office environment. Occasionally the employee may be required to spend time in the manufacturing and distribution setting. Certain personal protective equipment is required when in the manufacturing and distribution areas of the division. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel frequently required to walk, stand, talk, hear, reach with hands and arms and occasionally required to sit. This employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. sit and talk or hear, use hands to finger, grasp, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls. Hand-eye coordination necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Compensation Information :

Salary Range : $75,000 to $90,000

Our employees enjoy competitive, merit-based salaries, plus excellent Benefits including :

Health, Vision and dental insurance

Company Paid Life insurance / Short- and Long-term disability

401k Plan with generous company match

3 weeks' vacation, sick days, and holidays

Continuing education reimbursement program

Flexible spending accounts