Buyer/Planner

About the role

Mueller Water Products, Inc. is a company that has been manufacturing water and gas distribution products for over 165 years. We are dedicated to providing solutions that help cities and utilities deliver clean, safe drinking water to millions of people across North America. We are seeking a Buyer/Planner to join our Cleveland, TN facility.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for purchasing and negotiating materials, equipment, and supplies.
• Maintain day-to-day communication with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery, system data integrity, and ordering parameters for individual materials.
• Schedule production within the production environment by issuing work orders and maintaining schedules.
• Maintain ideal inventory levels to ensure on-time deliveries, while maximizing turns, and minimizing carrying costs.
• Perform a variety of complicated tasks. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Understand the dynamics of effective teamwork to attain higher levels of performance.
• Demonstrate a commitment to engage teams in other departments or divisions of the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively work in a team. Knows role on team, based on project/task.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully achieve goals through influence.
• Cultural knowledge and sensitivity.
• Possess and analytical mindset.
• Ability to adapt to system/technology changes as well as use of current systems.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Able to blend multiple sources of data to formulate opinions and recommendations.
• Exposure to global thought process and diversity.
• Able to follow and challenge Standard Work processes daily.
• Identify roadblocks in material/information flow and manage exceptions.
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills.
• Highlight data trends for the business.
• Demonstrated Risk Awareness and Mitigation.

Education And Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, business or supply chain preferred.
• Three to five years of professional supply chain experience.

Travel Requirements

No overnight travel is required.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We encourage anyone with the required skills to apply.

Other Compensation & Benefits

• Excellent salary and benefits package.
• Current benefit offerings include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k plan with 5% Company match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability benefits, vacation, 100% paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement program, student debt retirement matching, well-being program, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company-provided life insurance, supplemental insurance at group rates, and more.