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Help keep innovative robotics products moving from engineering to production. As a Senior Buyer with ATI, part of Novanta’s Robotics & Automation business unit, you’ll secure the components, materials, and services our manufacturing teams depend on—balancing quality, availability, inventory, and total cost.
You’ll strengthen supplier relationships, improve purchasing processes, and solve supply challenges. Reporting directly to the Supply Chain Manager and receiving tactical direction from an ATI Commodity Manager, you’ll work closely with engineering, materials planning, and quality teams.
Make an impact across the supply chain
- Turn demand into reliable supply. Process purchase orders using internal customer requirements and MRP planning data, purchasing assigned commodities cost-effectively from qualified suppliers in accordance with company processes and procedures.
- Negotiate for quality and total value. Solicit bids, analyze quotations, select or recommend suppliers, and negotiate purchase agreements that deliver the highest quality at the lowest total cost.
- Connect engineering and supplier expertise. Help review drawings and specifications, and seek supplier recommendations that reduce lead times, lower costs, and improve products.
- Support production through effective purchasing. Work with suppliers, contract manufacturers, and materials planning to establish purchase agreements and processes that improve on-time delivery, reduce lead times, prevent excess inventory, and increase inventory turns.
- Take ownership of supply challenges. Question processes that aren’t delivering results, develop strategies and recovery plans for part shortages, and coordinate across teams to meet customer delivery expectations.
- Strengthen the supplier base. Research and develop sources for assigned commodities, monitor long-term supply and pricing trends, and pursue continuous improvement toward 100% on-time delivery and quality.
- Support sourcing decisions. Partner with the Commodity Manager and Quality team on sourcing initiatives.
- Evaluate supplier capabilities and performance. Meet with current and prospective suppliers to assess production capacity, quality systems, internal engineering capabilities, financial status, and their ability to meet ATI requirements. Review delivery and quality performance with existing suppliers.
- Deliver purchasing improvements. Drive cost reduction projects that improve purchase price variance (PPV) and reduce overall material spend. Systematically analyze and reduce the supply base to maximize cost-effective purchasing through economic order quantities (EOQ).
What you’ll bring
- Five or more years of purchasing or supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment.
- A bachelor’s degree in a business or technical field.
- Hands-on experience with an ERP system.
- Proven ability to maintain material availability while reducing inventory and increasing inventory turns.
- Experience driving cost reduction projects and systematically evaluating the supply base.
- Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- A collaborative approach, strong computer skills, and clear written and verbal communication.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing business conditions.
- Working experience in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma environments.
Previous experience sourcing or procuring printed circuit boards and components is highly preferred, as this will be the position’s initial focus.
APICS certification is desirable. International purchasing experience is a plus, and previous experience with the Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) process is preferred.
About Novanta
ATI, a Novanta business is a world-leading engineering-based developer of robotic accessories and robot arm tooling. Its portfolio includes automatic and manual tool changers, multi-axis force/torque sensing systems, utility couplers, material removal tools, robotic collision sensors, and compliance devices.
Since 1989, ATI’s mechanical, electrical, and software engineers have developed advanced, cost-effective end-effector products and solutions that improve robotic productivity. These products are used in thousands of applications worldwide.
Quality, safety, and environmental responsibilities
Maintain compliance with quality, ethics, occupational safety, and environmental regulations. Follow instructions issued by the quality and environmental management representative and the occupational safety specialist.
Travel
Less than 15%.
Physical requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those required to perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
- Regularly stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear.
- Occasionally reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, or crouch.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10–25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Compensation and benefits
- The salary range for this position is $81,510 to $100,200 annually based on full-time employment. Compensation offers are determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to location, relevant skills, training, experience, and education.
- Certain positions may be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation and/or long-term incentive programs. Incentive eligibility and structure may vary depending on the applicable plan and may be discretionary or non-discretionary.
- Novanta supports all aspects of employees' well-being. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, financial, and other programs designed to support quality of life.
Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.
Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.
