Buyer / Planner - Gas - St. Louis, MO

Job Overview

The AMI Gas and Water Buyer/Planner is responsible for managing procurement, material planning, and supplier performance for assigned commodities and product lines. This role partners closely with internal teams, suppliers, and contract manufacturers to ensure material availability, support production schedules, and meet customer delivery commitments. The ideal candidate will possess strong purchasing and planning expertise, excellent communication skills, and the ability to drive results in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

A Day In The Life

· Create, release, maintain, and monitor purchase orders to support make-to-stock production requirements.

· Manage product serialization activities and ensure data accuracy across assigned product groups.

· Review inventory availability and allocate existing stock to customer sales orders based on priority and demand requirements.

· Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Logistics, and Manufacturing teams to establish priorities and provide timely updates on material availability and order status.

· Maintain and communicate sales order fulfillment and shipping schedules.

· Conduct regular reviews with suppliers and contract manufacturers to assess production schedules, delivery performance, capacity, and overall supplier performance.

· Monitor open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery, proactively identify supply risks, and expedite materials when necessary.

· Partner with Quality, Finance, and suppliers to resolve material, invoice, payment, and quality-related issues.

· Serve as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for assigned commodities, suppliers, and procurement systems.

· Investigate, troubleshoot, and escalate data integrity, ERP, and serialization issues as needed.

· Coordinate with Logistics and Warehouse teams to ensure efficient shipment planning, receipt processing, and inventory movement.

· Collaborate with Planning, Operations, and suppliers to develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts and supply plans.

· Analyze inventory levels and implement actions to reduce excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory while maintaining service level targets.

· Support inventory management activities, including cycle counts, audits, reconciliations, and root cause analysis of inventory discrepancies.

What will help you thrive in this role?

· Experience in purchasing or materials planning within a manufacturing environment.

· Strong understanding of procurement, production planning, inventory control, and supplier management principles.

· Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems (SAP preferred) and Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.

· Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

· Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both internal and external stakeholders.

· Bachelor’s degree preferred

Hubbell Incorporated

 

Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.

 

The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.

 

We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.

 

Hubbell Utility Solutions 

 

Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.

 

Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.

 

The above summary of position responsibilities and requirements is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of duties, skills, efforts, physical requirements, or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of those principal position elements essential for making decisions related to position performance, employee development, and compensation.