Buyer/Planner, Remote

Location: Remote: Colombia, Costa Rica, or Mexico

We are looking for an experienced Buyer/Planner to support our U.S.-based manufacturing operations from Colombia, Costa Rica, or Mexico.

This role combines purchasing and material planning with responsibility for supplier coordination, shortages, material availability, and inbound logistics. The Buyer/Planner works remotely with suppliers and site-based teams to help ensure materials are available when production needs them.

What You'll Do

• Review customer demand, forecasts, inventory, and MRP recommendations to determine material requirements.
• Develop and maintain material plans for assigned products.
• Issue and manage purchase orders with approved suppliers.
• Confirm supplier commitments for price, quantity, and delivery.
• Monitor material availability and proactively resolve shortages.
• Follow up on past-due purchase orders and supplier delivery issues.
• Coordinate and expedite inbound shipments as needed.
• Evaluate routine shipping timing, transportation options, and freight costs.




• Maintain accurate purchasing and planning information in the ERP/MRP system.
• Support work-order and production-planning activities as assigned.
• Support engineering changes, substitutions, new products, and material phase-in/phase-out activity.
• Identify material, supply, and delivery risks early and coordinate corrective actions.
• Communicate clearly with suppliers and U.S.-based teams.
• Participate in supply, shortage, backlog, and operational reviews.
• Support improvements to purchasing, planning, master-data, and supplier-management processes.

These responsibilities reflect the purchasing, material-planning, logistics, shortage-management, and ERP/MRP scope of the formal Buyer/Planner job description.

Required

What We're Looking For

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Relevant experience in purchasing, production planning, materials, supply chain, manufacturing, or a similar role.

📌 Buyer/Planner, Remote LATAM (México)
🏢 Contec Americas
📍 México