Overview
the associate buyer/planner is responsible for purchasing and production planning for one or more product lines. This role includes purchasing mro products, negotiating prices, monitoring vendor performance, troubleshooting, and expediting delivery.
responsibilities
* utilization of materials requirements planning (mrp) systems to offer 99.5+ customer service levels.
* actively participate in new product development projects as a materials representative.
* maintain and develop stock programs as defined by sales and materials department.
* resolve problems relating to delivery, quality, or production promptly and per standard procedures.
* meet inventory targets for finished goods and raw materials.
* develop strategies to ensure material availability to meet production plans.
* understand and execute sales, inventory, and operations planning.
* review invoices for purchased commodities as required by accounts payable.
* manage raw and mro system receipts.
* coordinate the warehouse team in inventory control, material receipts, shipments, and cycle count inventory.
* monitor and expedite raw materials (rm) arrivals to meet delivery targets.
* continuously work to improve quality, delivery, and costs.
* ensure sales orders are entered correctly and in a timely manner, with complete order information.
* manage high exposure projects, prioritizing and handling multiple tasks simultaneously.
* experience in manufacturing planning capacity.
* read and create mrp reports, stock status reports, material variance reports, assembly and machining load reports, and customer order shortage reports.
* responsible for the initial set-up phase of peoplesoft by creating boms, routers, transfer attributes, etc.
* coordinate the logistics portion of shipments to meet delivery dates according to customer’s needs.
qualifications
* bachelor’s degree in engineering or business-related field.
* 1+ year of relevant experience (e.g., purchasing, materials, inventory management).
* demonstrated leadership and negotiation skills.
* successful track record of achievements.
* ability to learn quickly and willingness to take on new opportunities.
* skilled in excel (intermediate to advanced).
* excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* skilled in managing a sense of urgency.
* erp knowledge.
desired qualifications:
* erp oracle, peoplesoft manufacturing experience.
* ability to manage high exposure projects.
* lean manufacturing or lean six sigma experience.
* cpim apics certification.
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