Planner/Buyer

Responsibilities

• Manage procurement of assigned goods / commodities in agreement with company policies and objectives.
• Manage transactional activities related to the quotation, purchase, and delivery of assigned commodities.
• Review requisitions for accuracy and completeness.
• Continually work to improve data accuracy and system integrity.
• Develop and utilize preferred delivery programs.
• Manage supplier relationships, analyze performance, and provide feedback.
• Track and analyze commodity metrics to develop and implement improvement plans.
• Actively pursue supply-base rationalization.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities and performance.
• Support new supplier identification / qualification.
• Issue resolution.
• Defective material returns.
• Corrective action requests.
• Invoicing.
• Support engineering change notices.
• Support contract manufacturing opportunities.
• Act as subject matter expert for assigned commodity groups.
• Construct, present, and promote commodity procurement plans.
• Pursue product standardization and optimization initiatives.
• Collect and analyze commodity data.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal customers to identify and address needs, and develop improvement opportunities.
• Pursue continuous improvement / TCO (total cost of ownership) projects with operations, engineering, and suppliers.
• Work with various departments to support projects and new product introductions.
• Plan and monitor production jobs.
• Participate in production and daily management meetings.
• Review customer orders and coordinate promise dates with customer service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain or other related field required.
• At least 3 years purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in planning/scheduling, including 3+ years of supply chain and/or materials management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• ERP experience.

Physical Requirements: Light physical effort equal to frequent lifting or moving of lightweight materials. Regularly required to sit or stand, bend and reach and walk.