Material Buyer Procurement / Planning Coordinator

The leading electronic measurement company who is also on the forefront of technology innovations. This role is for Material Buyer Procurement / Planning Coordinator and we are looking for candidates to collaborate with Tellus Solutions to create innovative solutions and to fulfill on our client's mission.

Job Description:
Duties:

• Manage quote requests and review supplier proposals
• Create purchase requisitions (PR) and oversee supplier and purchase order (PO) management
• Conduct price reviews and manage pricing accuracy, including:
• Ensuring Contract Manufacturer (CM) pricing is correct
• Reviewing and approving Purchase Price Variance (PPV)
• Transition materials from expense to direct material
• Execute Buy/Sell processes, ensuring material is where it needs to be when it needs to be there
• Manage prototype CM activities, ensure communication between R&D and the CM, and draw in the correct team members to resolve issues
• Review and approve PCB material ordering
• Bill of Materials (BOM) Management
• Perform BOM scrubs and implement resulting necessary actions
• Cost and Compliance
• Manage tariffs and ensure required approvals are granted and documented
• Maintain Columbo entries
• Oversee costing activities
• Add new suppliers as needed – challenging task and creativity to get the product is a must.
• Project Lifecycle Support
• Coordinate end-of-project material disposition
• Act as liaison between Product Management and Trade Royalty teams, including new item additions and BOM updates
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Attend all Cross-Functional Team (CFT) meetings to provide material management updates and support

Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in materials management, procurement, or supply chain operations
• Proven track record in supplier management, cost analysis, and ERP systems
• Email management and response time is essential to success
• Columbo – plus (client internal tool)
• EMAIL – 120-150 emails/day
• Comfortable with asking questions about the tasks being assigned.
• Coordinating between NPI projmgr and R&D side
• Comfortable with attending meetings (high volume) – taking action items. Teams meetings.
• Agile knowledge is a plus
• Keysight homegrown system will show PLM for entire organization
• Oracle knowledge is a plus
• Willing to learn new systems (with training)

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field desired (or equivalent experience)