Planner/Buyer

Essential Functions:

• Procurement
• 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.
• Supplier Management
• 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
• Commodity Knowledge
• 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
• Other
• 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

Knowledge/Skills:

• 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.