Sr. Buyer, New Product Development

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About Veeco
You probably don’t realize it, but what we do at Veeco touches the lives of every person, every day. It’s a bold statement, but it’s true. From the smartphones in our pockets that access the world’s collective knowledge, to the cloud-based services where all that information lives, to high-speed wireless communication and computing power needed to drive artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, gaming and so much more, our technology is all around us.

We design, develop, manufacture, and service highly complex, cutting-edge machines used by our customers to create the essential devices that drive the digital age, connect the world, and improve the human experience. Along with the world’s leading technology companies, many of which are household names, we help solve their most difficult material science challenges, enabling technologies for a more connected, sustainable, and convenient world.

We’re looking for material difference-makers to join our growing team.

Overview
The Senior Buyer is responsible for sourcing and procuring materials, components, assemblies, and services required to support Veeco’s semiconductor equipment operations. The role manages supplier performance, purchase orders, material availability, cost, quality, and delivery while partnering closely with Planning, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Commodity Management, Finance, and Program Management. For new product development, the Senior Buyer serves as an early supply-chain partner who converts evolving designs and program schedules into executable sourcing, qualification, and material-readiness plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute purchasing activities for assigned commodities and suppliers, including request-for-quotation activities, commercial evaluation, purchase-order placement, acknowledgement, expediting, rescheduling, and closure.
• Maintain material availability in line with MRP requirements, production schedules, customer commitments, inventory objectives, and contractual lead times.
• Negotiate pricing, lead time, payment terms, minimum order quantities, non-cancellable/non-returnable conditions, tooling, freight, warranty, and other commercial terms within delegated authority.
• Monitor supplier on-time delivery, quality, responsiveness, capacity, and service performance; lead corrective actions and elevate recurring gaps.
• Resolve shortages, past-due orders, invoice discrepancies, receiving issues, change-order impacts, and other supply interruptions through timely cross-functional coordination.
• Support cost reduction, value engineering, alternate sourcing, lead-time reduction, inventory optimization, and supplier consolidation initiatives.
• Maintain accurate purchasing data in SAP or other enterprise systems, including order dates, confirmed delivery dates, pricing, lead times, source information, and supplier notes.
• Ensure purchases comply with Veeco policies, approved supplier requirements, export controls, quality standards, contractual obligations, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Build effective supplier relationships and conduct regular business reviews for critical or high-risk suppliers.
• Provide clear status, risk, recovery plans, and decision requirements to Supply Chain and program stakeholders.

New Product Development / NPI Responsibilities

• Participate in product lifecycle and phase-gate activities as the procurement representative, ensuring supply-chain readiness is assessed before each program gate.
• Engage with Design Engineering early to review preliminary bills of material, drawings, specifications, make/buy decisions, and technology requirements before design release.
• Develop and maintain an NPI sourcing plan covering supplier selection, prototype procurement, tooling, qualification, capacity, lead time, cost targets, and production-ramp readiness.
• Obtain rapid prototype and pre-production quotations while distinguishing one-time engineering charges, tooling, qualification costs, and expected production pricing.
• Select suppliers based on technical capability, quality systems, capacity, financial and operational risk, intellectual-property protection, scalability, geographic fit, and total cost—not price alone.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding and qualification with Commodity Management and Supplier Quality, including confidentiality agreements, audits, first-article requirements, process capability, and required certifications.
• Translate short and changing engineering demand into controlled purchase commitments, balancing program speed with exposure to obsolete, excess, or non-cancellable material.
• Track long-lead and critical-to-proce