Senior Tactical Buyer

Job description

The Impact You'll Make Danfoss is currently hiring for a Tactical Buyer at our Utica, NY location, supporting our growing Data Center Business Unit. The Tactical Buyer manages purchase order execution, supplier follow-up, shortage mitigation, delivery confirmations, expedite coordination, and purchasing system accuracy for materials supporting liquid-cooling manufacturing and distribution. What You’ll Be Doing Execute purchase orders, supplier confirmations, delivery follow-up, expedites, and shortage recovery actions based on MRP and site priorities. Monitor supplier performance, open orders, past-due deliveries, promise dates, acknowledgments, and material availability risks. Resolve purchase order discrepancies, supplier communication gaps, invoice issues, receiving discrepancies, quantity changes, and delivery changes. Partner with Planning, Operations, Quality, Sourcing, and suppliers to mitigate production-impacting shortages and customer delivery risk. Maintain accurate purchasing data, lead times, acknowledgments, delivery commitments, supplier notes, and recovery actions in ERP/MRP systems. Escalate repeated supplier misses, capacity concerns, quality holds, packaging problems, or transportation risks through standard routines. Support launch readiness and product transfers by tracking supplier readiness, first deliveries, samples, packaging, documentation, and ramp-up needs. What We're Looking For Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, operations, logistics, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered. Purchasing, material planning, supplier follow-up, production control, or manufacturing support experience preferred. Experience with ERP/MRP purchasing transactions, open order management, supplier communication, and shortage mitigation preferred. Strong follow-up, negotiation, data accuracy, and cross-functional communication skills. What You'll Get from Us We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities. You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us. We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are. You’ll receive benefits like an annual bonus, paid vacation, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great. The targeted salary range for this position is $75,000 - $100,000 based on experience. Ready to Make a Difference? If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.