Buyer III

About the Position

INFICON is seeking a Buyer III to join our team at our US headquarters in East Syracuse, NY. In this role, you will be responsible for leading supply chain efficiency with data-driven, sustainable recommendations for customers and INFICON ISS objectives. You will play a critical role in ensuring material availability, supplier performance, and inventory health within a low-volume, high-mix manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all activity related to purchase orders, inventory control, and vendor management
• Translate MRP signals, forecasts, and exception messages into timely purchasing decisions that balance supply, cost, and inventory risk
• Own end-to-end purchase order execution for assigned categories, from requisition review through delivery, expediting, and issue resolution
• Ensure material availability to support production schedules and maintain a minimum 95% fill rate
• Manage inventory levels, lead times, and supply buffers to improve material flow and shorten lead times without driving excess inventory
• Own supplier performance for assigned categories, proactively addressing OTD, cost, quality, and capacity risks
• Partner cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Planning, Quality, Engineering, and Strategic Sourcing to resolve complex supply issues
• Maintain accurate purchasing and supplier data within SAP to support effective planning and execution
• Support S&OP by aligning short-, mid-, and long-term supplier capacity plans with demand requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related field (preferred)
• 5+ years of experience in purchasing, supply chain, or demand planning
• Strong working knowledge of SAP or similar ERP/MRP systems
• Advanced proficiency in Excel; working knowledge of PowerPoint and Word
• Experience with Lean, Kanban, pull systems, or VMI (preferred)
• Analytical, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities independently

Nice to Have

• Customer-focused and service-oriented mindset
• Clear, professional communicator across all organizational levels
• Proactive problem solver in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Collaborative partner with internal teams and external suppliers

We Offer

• Competitive salary range: $80,000-$95,000/annually
• Profit-sharing bonus with a target of 10%
• 401K match up to 8% (vesting schedule)
• Ongoing green initiatives
• Flexible work hours
• Variety of health and wellness programs
• Relocation assistance
• Discretionary bonus
• Generous employee benefits including major medical, dental, health, vision, vacation, and sick time
• Tuition reimbursement

About the Company

INFICON is a leading provider of innovative instrumentation, critical sensor technologies, and Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0 software solutions that enhance productivity and quality of tools, processes, and complete factories. Our products are essential for gas leak detection in air conditioning/refrigeration and automotive manufacturing. They are vital to equipment manufacturers and end-users in the complex fabrication of semiconductors and thin film coatings for optics, flat panel displays, solar cells, and industrial vacuum coating applications. We also leverage our expertise in vacuum technology to provide unique, toxic chemical analysis products for emergency response, security, and environmental health and safety.

INFICON provides a dynamic work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are committed to ensuring that our online application process provides an equal opportunity to all job seekers that apply without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, age, protected veteran status, disability status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. A notice describing Federal equal employment opportunity laws is available here to reaffirm this commitment. Any contact that would like to request a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process should contact [email protected].

INFICON, Inc. strictly complies with all aspects of the Export Administration Regulations ('EAR'), including those sections dealing with deemed exports to foreign nationals.