Materials Procurement Planner

About the role

The Material Procurement Planner is responsible for conducting sourcing activities from both local and international suppliers, supporting the procurement teams and operational objectives to attain business targets in quality, delivery, cost-effectiveness, and project management, doing this all with a customer-first mindset. All activities will fully support operations and resourcing strategies both locally and globally.

Responsibilities

• Owning the procurement process, ensuring all purchase orders are processed timely and accurately, and driving process improvement along with tactical sourcing projects
• Managing and utilizing material requirement (MRP) to plan and execute purchase orders
• Managing open order book due/overdue with suppliers
• Executing pull-in/push-out/cancel recommendations, communicating these with suppliers, and obtaining agreements
• Maintaining and enhancing positive business relations with suppliers
• Coordinating with strategic purchasing to execute purchasing strategies and vendor escalation
• Researching past due and mismatched invoices and assisting in reconciling invoices to PO's for payment
• Coordinating production scheduling to align components required to support OTD

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Purchasing Management, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field or 4-6 years of relevant buying/purchasing experience in lieu of a degree
• Engineering background and/or the ability to read, understand and explain engineering drawings
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment & manage multiple projects/priorities at a time

Skills

• Cross-cultural understanding and ability to work with colleagues globally (plus but not required)
• APICS and/or ISM certification (preferred)
• SAP experience

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Opportunity to develop your career with upskilling and promotion opportunities
• Flexible working culture with company values and behaviors that support your development
• International environment with opportunities to collaborate with colleagues globally