Buyer Planner

The Buyer Planner is a key role in the Supply Chain Dept. that is responsible for assuring inventory supply (which includes both supply planning and buying activities) to best meet global requirements across multiple distribution and sales channels. It is essential that this role has a keen understanding of the product/category market, sales seasonality, vendor capacity and reliability, and transit times in order to strike the optimal balance between high inventory availability and inventory risk / carrying costs.

The Buyer Planner will execute purchasing and inventory management transactions including PO writing, channel allocations, delivery date and logistics tracking, system maintenance, product specification communication, Customer invoicing, accounts payable communication, and management of daily vendor activities. The Buyer/Planner will work as a liaison between Black Diamond and suppliers to support capacity planning and load balancing, especially when there are constraints or seasonality challenges. The role serves as main point of contact for Sales in regards to product availability.