Materials Coordinator (Purchasing)

Responsibilities

• Maintain purchase orders with accurate pricing and terms, and communicate those purchase orders terms to vendors.
• Identify changes to purchase orders and communicate those changes to vendors.
• Place daily orders of purchased parts and raw materials to assigned vendors in compliance with established Summit Polymers, Inc. procedures and protocols.
• Distribute appropriate purchased part and raw material forecasts to assigned vendors in accordance with agreed upon timing.
• Perform purchased part/raw material inventory analysis and recommend inventory adjustments.
• Enter received purchased parts and raw materials into the electronic inventory system daily.
• Track critical inbound shipments to ensure manufacturing needs are met.
• Report any non-conforming deliveries to management and follow up on any corrective actions required of the vendor.
• Report vendor issues to appropriate personnel and participate in resolving those issues.
• Cook with purchased part and raw material supply does not impact the customers daily release requirements.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing, Quality and Engineering teams to ensure purchased part and raw material supply does not impact the customers daily release requirements.
• Cook with new program, new part or program launch purchased parts or raw material releases to ensure requirements are achieved.
• Maintain target purchased part/raw material inventory levels in accordance with Summit Polymers, Inc. corporate goals.
• Ensure that vendors are compliant to the Summit Polymers, Inc. Supplier Requirements Manual specifications for packaging and labeling.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Successful candidates for this position will possess a business or related degree or 2 years of equivalent experience in purchasing in an automotive manufacturing environment.
• Past experience in the CMS/AS400 ERP system a plus.
• A minimum score of 50 on the Wonderlic Select Assessment (Traditional Score of 20 on the cognitive portion).

Qualifications

This position typically does not require any travel.