Summary

This individual will be responsible for both buying and planning. The role will handle purchasing, material requirements, planning, supplier relationship management and other responsibilities as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Review blueprints/solid models and bills of materials and product specifications to accurately determine amount of materials needed. Keep material records up to date, including all codes such as lead times, days of supply, price, minimum, maximum and multiple quantities, safety stock, shrinkage, yield and order policy codes.

Responsible for procuring and expediting component parts and raw materials and work with management on pricing discrepancies and sourcing new components. Manage release, expedites and cancels through MRP/VP. Monitor and manage capacities.

Partner with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to create a better production forecast process

Identify strategies for cost improvements

Manage and optimize the current supply chain network with full cycle supply chain understanding, using critical thinking to make decisions regarding the production network

At times review new projects and their impact on the total production plan serving as the lead person for new program launches including attending meetings for the launches themselves

Tracks purchases, monitors vendor quality, and maintains a current database of vendor information. Charge back (debit) suppliers for rejected parts, rework, expedited freight costs, etc.

Root cause existing problems and take counter measures and utilize systems for reporting purposes to identify important information

Indirect contact with both MRP/VP and the internal and external suppliers. Material planning for the items under your control, communicate the resultant schedules to their assigned suppliers, do follow-up, resolve problems, and advise other planners and the master scheduler when purchased or manufactured items will not arrive on time to support the schedule.

Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication and mitigation of future potential problems and expedite or defer orders as required based on schedule/inventory changes

Determine and establish optimal inventory levels based on forecast, demand variation and material lead times

Coordinate material flows throughout product/BOM changes, obsolescence, and the introduction of new suppliers and/or materials due to new product development

Manage the inter-company flow or materials between warehouse locations, in addition to material and process scrap

Manage and resolve issues regarding PO to invoice discrepancies, returns and quality problems with suppliers

Manage constraints on work centers by off-loading or working with external suppliers

Other duties may be assigned at any time

Education and/or Experience

4-6+ years of buying and planning experience within a manufacturing environment

High School Diploma required, with an associate or bachelor’s degree preferred

Excellent communication skills are required, with the ability to communicate with internal team members and external partners via phone, email and in person

Strong computer skills with the ability to run reports and learn new software systems quickly

Strong production planning & analytical skills

Other Qualifications

Detail oriented and able to analyze, validate and sort through a fast moving network

Data, process, and results driven with a customer focus

High level of integrity