Buyer /Planner/Scheduler Trainee

Job Responsibilities

• Initiates purchase orders for parts
• Determine requirements for MPS for Product Line
• Assign production based on capacity and delivery time
• Run MRP for division product
• Create shop orders and transfer orders
• Enter and modify P.O's for all outside services & purchase parts.
• Covers Planning and schedule and inventory control based on MRP requirements
• Covers Quality and engineering changes with Suppliers
• Monitors and maintains supplier deliveries
• Manages cycle counts of parts

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor's Degree and 2 years' work experience or equivalent experience
• This is an onsite M-F Day shift position
• Inventory control experience
• Ability to understand complex problems and to collaborate and explore alternative solutions
• Ability to understand opposing points of view on complex issues and to negotiate and integrate different viewpoints
• Strong planning, time management, multitasking and organization skills
• Sound interpersonal skills used when interfacing interpersonally and in group settings, coordinating and collaborating with peers, stakeholders and internal customers
• Ability to operate a computer and discern and assess charts, graphs, reports and/or other forms of written or graphical communication with proficiency in use of Microsoft tools (Word, & Excel)
• Ability to develop and maintain professional and effective relationships with internal and external customers
• Ability to organize and prioritize work schedules on both a short-term & long-term basis
• Ability to compute, analyze and interpret complex numerical and/or statistical data for forecasting or reporting purposes