Operational Planner/Buyer - Latham, NY

**Operational Buyer**
Coordinates end-to-end material planning and procurement activities by managing inventory, forecasting demand, maintaining ERP data, and aligning supply with production through supplier collaboration and S&OP processes.
**Your role:**
+ Conducts inventory analysis and owns inventory management within ERP, including supply chain master data setup and maintenance, product lifecycle management, monitoring item changes, and implementing buy-item stock and replenishment policies as well as supplier‑managed and supplier‑owned inventory models.
+ Implements inventory strategies and updates procurement master data (key replenishment materials), performs daily ERP monitoring to identify optimization opportunities, runs simulations for safety stock and lot-sizing (including seasonal/trend coefficients), and monitors special materials and exceptions.
+ Manages supplier engagement across forecasting and ordering: communicates and validates forecasts, plans coll...