At Revolution Sustainable Solutions, we're not just manufacturing products. We're transforming the way plastics are used, recovered, and recycled to create a more sustainable future. Our success depends on talented individuals who thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, embrace challenges, and take pride in making a difference.
We're looking for a Purchasing Lead to join our team in Shelbyville, Tennessee! This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented, analytical, and proactive purchasing professional who enjoys balancing inventory, anticipating material needs, and keeping manufacturing operations running smoothly.
In this role, you'll play a critical part in ensuring our facilities have the right materials at the right time while managing inventory investments, building strong supplier relationships, and supporting operational efficiency. You'll collaborate closely with production, operations, accounting, and external suppliers to keep our supply chain moving.
If you're someone who enjoys solving problems, staying one step ahead, and making a measurable impact on manufacturing operations, we want to hear from you!
What You'll Do
Purchasing & Material Planning
• Monitor raw material inventory levels, usage trends, open purchase orders, supplier lead times, and production requirements to ensure uninterrupted material availability.
• Develop, maintain, and refine 30, 60, and 90 day material forecasts based on production schedules, sales projections, and historical consumption.
• Analyze days on hand (DOH), inventory coverage, and material usage to proactively identify potential shortages, excess inventory, and opportunities for optimization.
• Create and manage purchase orders in alignment with material forecasts, supplier agreements, inventory targets, and established purchasing strategies.
• Anticipate changing material requirements and adjust purchasing plans to support evolving production schedules and business priorities.
• Support purchasing activities for additional materials, including maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) items and miscellaneous production supplies.
Supplier & Stakeholder Collaboration
• Build and maintain productive relationships with suppliers to support timely deliveries, accurate order fulfillment, and reliable material availability.
• Communicate regularly with production, plant leadership, and other internal stakeholders to understand changing operational needs and purchasing priorities.
• Proactively identify potential supply disruptions and collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to develop effective solutions.
• Coordinate with accounting and receiving teams to investigate and resolve purchase order, invoice, pricing, and receiving discrepancies.
• Serve as a trusted resource for purchasing and material planning information, providing timely updates and recommendations to key stakeholders.
Inventory Management & Process Improvement
• Maintain accurate purchasing records, pricing, inventory transactions, item receipts, and supplier information within the company's ERP system.
• Evaluate inventory trends and purchasing performance to identify opportunities to improve material availability, inventory accuracy, and working capital efficiency.
• Identify process improvements that enhance purchasing efficiency, forecasting accuracy, and cross-functional communication.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen supply chain reliability and overall manufacturing performance.
What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications
• 3 to 5 years of experience in purchasing, procurement, material planning, inventory management, or a related supply chain function.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret inventory data, material usage trends, forecasts, and purchasing requirements.
• Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to manage purchase orders, inventory information, and purchasing transactions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications, with the ability to organize, analyze, and communicate data effectively.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with internal teams, external suppliers, and stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to independently manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt to changing business needs.
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities with a proactive approach to identifying risks, resolving issues, and improving processes.
• High attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining accurate purchasing and inventory records.
• Flexibility with work schedules to accommodate production requirements, supplier needs, and changing operational priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
• Associate's or bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Purchasing, Operations Management, or a related field. Equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
• Previous purchasing or material planning experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Hands-on experience with ERP platforms such as NetSuite or SyteLine (Infor CloudSuite Industrial).
• Experience developing material forecasts, monitoring inventory days on hand, and managing raw material purchasing.
• Familiarity with manufacturing production schedules, supplier lead times, and inventory optimization strategies.
• Experience supporting purchasing activities across multiple material categories, including raw materials and MRO supplies.
Why Join Revolution?
At Revolution, your work has an impact beyond the production floor. You'll be part of an organization committed to advancing sustainability through innovation, responsible manufacturing, and a circular approach to plastics.
What makes this opportunity exciting?
• Make an Impact: Play a key role in keeping manufacturing operations running efficiently while supporting a more sustainable future.
• Collaborate Across the Business: Work closely with operations, production, finance, and supplier partners to solve meaningful challenges.
• Take Ownership: Use your expertise and initiative to improve purchasing processes, anticipate needs, and drive results.
• Enjoy Flexibility: Benefit from a hybrid work arrangement while maintaining meaningful connections with our Shelbyville operations team.
• Grow With Us: Join an organization where continuous improvement, collaboration, and fresh ideas are valued.
• Ready to Make a Difference?
