Operational Buyer and Planner

The role

You will plan component purchasing, expediting and stock for robotic cell builds and R&D lab orders. You will coordinate daily with suppliers and manufacturing partners so that parts arrive on time.

What you will do

• Plan the weekly build schedule with Supply Chain and book assembly slots with manufacturing partners.
• Buy components for series production and indirect items for the R&D lab, from purchase order to receipt.
• Expedite critical orders, check deliveries and delivery notes, and resolve discrepancies with suppliers.
• Manage stock, reorder points and safety stock as requested by Supply Chain.
• Organise transport of components to manufacturing partners, prepare import dispositions, handle customs clearance, and prepare logistics agreements with suppliers.
• Maintain component master data in Odoo (prices, MOQs, packaging units, lead times) and help prepare it for MRP.
• Report on-time delivery, orders closed on time and stock levels every week, and raise off-plan items at the daily production meeting.
• Use AI tools to speed up recurring work such as reconciling deliveries, drafting supplier communication and building reports.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years in operational purchasing or production planning in a manufacturing company.
• Daily, hands-on work in an ERP system (purchasing, inventory, production).
• Working understanding of MRP.
• Advanced Excel.
• Experience managing suppliers on delivery dates and resolving delivery issues.
• Accuracy with master data and numbers.
• Clear written and spoken communication with suppliers, manufacturing partners and colleagues in engineering and quality.
• A track record of taking over an area of work and running it independently.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Experience with Odoo.
• Experience in make-to-order or high-mix, low-volume manufacturing, ideally machine building or industrial automation.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers.
• Knowledge of import and export procedures and Incoterms.
• Experience using AI tools to automate or speed up purchasing, planning or reporting work, with examples to show.
• Slovenian language skills.

About the company

Sunrise Robotics builds intelligent, flexible robots that enhance human capabilities and existing machinery for manufacturing, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. The company has real deployments and customers across Europe.