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.