Buyer Planner - Subsidiary Materials Planning

Purchase Raw Materials and Finished Parts

• Place purchase orders with suppliers to support production, service, and project requirements while complying with ISO procedures.
• Ensure correct pricing is used when issuing orders, including sizing orders to obtain optimum price breaks and minimal setup costs while maintaining acceptable inventory levels and minimizing obsolescence risk.
• Provide forecasts and other relevant information required by suppliers to support company's requirements.
• Monitor past due orders and work with suppliers, receiving, and accounting to resolve issues.

Shortage Management

• Monitor overdue parts and potential supply issues, and act with a high sense of urgency to resolve.
• Investigate root cause of supply issues and work with appropriate company or supplier personnel to implement preventative action.
• Communicate timely updates on estimated delivery due dates to production planners and service teams.

Planning Analysis / Inventory Management

• Maintain planning parameters to minimize inventory while providing high levels of service given lead time and reliability of supplier.
• Analyze actual demand, trends, and forecasts, and adjust inventory plans accordingly.
• Identify forecast and demand plan issues and work closely with the Master Schedulers and Demand Planners to resolve.
• Investigate causes of slow-moving inventory, implement preventative action, and dispose of obsolete inventory in a cost-effective manner.

Service Parts Forecasting

• Create the proper component demand plan for service requirements using customer inputs and past history.
• Maintain the demand plan that includes statistical buffers to support increases and decreases in demand.
• Resolve problems with demand plan inventory shortages.

Minimum Qualifications

• Less than 2 years related experience
• Associate degree (Supply Chain or Business)
• Non-degree considered if 6+ years of related experience along with a high school diploma or GED
• Bachelor’s degree or two-year degree along with three to five years of prior experience in material control, planning or purchasing.
• A firm understanding of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), with SAP experience.
• Good computer experience, including excellent spreadsheet skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or two-year degree along with three to five years of prior experience in material control, planning or purchasing.
• A firm understanding of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), with SAP experience.
• Good computer experience, including excellent spreadsheet skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.

Compensation And Benefits

• Excellent wage and benefits package for full-time employees including Health/Dental/Vision/Prescription Drug Plan, Flexible Benefits Plan, 401K Retirement Savings Plan, Life and Disability Benefits, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Holidays, Paid Vacation, Tuition Reimbursement, and much more.

EEO

• Veterans/Disabilities

Nearest Major Market

• Lima

Nearest Secondary Market

• Findlay