Buyer Planner I

For more than 165 years, Mueller Water Products, Inc. has been building the future of water infrastructure. From lifesaving fire protection to data intelligence, we develop products and solutions that help cities and utilities deliver clean, safe drinking water to hundreds of millions of people across North America. Our purpose is to connect communities to water, life’s most essential resource, with exceptional, people-focused solutions and products. We are united by shared values of respect, integrity, trust, inclusion, and safety, and we strive to be the leader in water infrastructure solutions—solving challenges, enriching lives, and safeguarding the future.

About the role

Mueller Company (Mueller Co.), the nation's leading manufacturer of flow control devices for the water and gas distribution industries, has an immediate opening for a Buyer/Planner in our Cleveland, TN facility.

Responsibilities

• Purchase and negotiate 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 by issuing work orders and maintaining schedules.
• Maintain ideal inventory levels to ensure on-time deliveries while maximizing turns and minimizing carrying costs.
• Rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals; a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Perform a variety of complicated tasks.
• Understand the dynamics of effective teamwork to attain higher levels of performance.
• Understand lean manufacturing and demonstrate various lean practices.
• Demonstrate a commitment to engage teams in other departments or divisions of the organization.
• Follow and challenge Standard Work processes daily.
• Identify roadblocks in material/information flow and manage exceptions.
• Highlight data trends for the business.
• Demonstrate risk awareness and mitigation.

Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively work in a team, knowing your role based on project/task.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully achieve goals through influence.
• Cultural knowledge and sensitivity.
• Analytical mindset.
• Ability to adapt to system/technology changes and use current systems.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to blend multiple sources of data to formulate opinions and recommendations.
• Exposure to global thought processes and diversity.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
• JD Edwards system experience strongly preferred.

Qualifications

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

No overnight travel is required.

Benefits

• 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.