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title: Buyer/Planner at GCM in Union City, CA
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  year. Full-time, on-site role. See the full description and apply.
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| **Company** | GCM |
| **Location** | Union City, CA |
| **Salary** | $70K/yr - $90K/yr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Sep 23, 2026 |
## Description

**SUMMARY**

The Buyer-Planner is responsible for the coordination, quality, on-time delivery, pricing, and source selection for all products and services procured at GCM. The Buyer-Planner assumes full responsibility for planning requirements and supply chain management to ensure timely deliveries of goods within budget.

This is a full-time, onsite position.

**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:**

- Purchases materials or other goods and/or coordinates activities involved with procuring products and services, such as raw materials, parts, supplies, and outside services, for GCM
- Plans, schedules, and monitors Jobs and Purchase Orders to meet the production requirements of the company
- Reviews completed work orders for accuracy prior to job closing
- Receives and reviews requisitions requesting goods or services
- Interviews and confers with suppliers to obtain product or service information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedule
- Develops and maintains approved supplier list (ASL)
- Assures that suppliers have and maintain the ability to meet our quality demands
- Selects products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining capabilities
- Expedites orders and requests as needed
- Estimates values according to knowledge of market price
- Prepares purchase orders or quote requests
- Reviews supplier quotes and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority
- Maintains procurement records, such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories
- Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, suppliers, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action
- May work with manufacturers or persuade potential suppliers to undertake the manufacturing of custom-designed items according to user's specific needs and specifications
- Works with receiving, finance and suppliers to reconcile discrepancies in receiving and invoicing
- May expedite delivery of goods to manufacturing team
- Develop and maintain supplier score cards (quality lot acceptance and on time delivery).
- Quality lot acceptance target at 100%
- On time delivery target at 99%
- Performs other related duties as assigned
- Must be a team player as measured by his/her peers

**REQUIRED**

- Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent industry buying and procurement training/experience
- Minimum of 3 – 10 years of progressive work experience
- Proficient user of Microsoft Office software, Outlook/Excel/Word, and industry related ERP experience
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and written form

**DESIRED**

- Strong initiative with the ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Detailed oriented with strong organizational and time management skills
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment
## Skills

- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Inspection
- Quality Control
- Teamwork
- Microsoft Excel
- Planning
- Purchasing
- Product Quality (Qa/qc)
- Purchase Order Management
- Initiative
- Supply Chain Management
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Time Management
- Purchase Requisitioning
- Procurement
- Infor Supply Chain Management
- Coordinating
- Microsoft Office
- Corrective And Preventive Action (Capa)
- Attention to Detail
- Inventory Management
- Google Cloud Messaging
- Ability to Work Independently
- Source Selection
- Invoicing

## How to Apply

[Apply for this position](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/buyer-planner-at-gcm-01a0da4b-9926-7049-885c-b609c39e0e81?utm_source=ai_markdown)

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