Sr. Buyer/Planner, Vlier

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a safe and clean work environment by following company safety procedures. Contribute to a Safety-First Culture by identifying Risky Situations.
• Initiate supplier PO contracts from approved requisitions (Blanket and Discrete Orders).
• Submit RFQs to suppliers as required and implement strategic pricing opportunities initiated by Sourcing Mgr.
• Convey all critical conformance requirements submitted by the Supplier Quality Engineer to suppliers with each PO.
• Administer PO changes related to MRP reschedule messages and ECO disposition actions.
• Negotiate supplier discrete order promise dates, root cause late deliveries, and initiate supplier corrective actions
• Working with Planning to establish release quantities and planning settings for purchased material.
• Plan and coordinate the timing, quantity, and on-time delivery of components with our suppliers to meet inventory goals.
• Performs audits on our supplier partners and assures their processes are qualified and in control.
• Liaison between the supplier base and organization when sourcing components
• Maintain the suppliers' scorecard
• Provide reporting for management (PPV, Supplier OTD, etc.)
• Generate, analyze, and report key inventory metrics to maintain and exceed company goals.
• Source new suppliers and set up
• Assuring the system has up-to-date pricing, lead time, MOQ, etc.
• Monitor and expedite OSP procurement
• Analyzing the cost of supplied components to identify areas of improvement
• Order operating supplies as required
• Develop ideas and strategies to improve efficiency, add value, aid business performance, and work towards strategic improvements.
• Planning backup as needed
• Other Purchasing/planning tasks assigned by the manager.