Buyer/Planner/Scheduler

Buyer/Planner/Scheduler

Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 0 years relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Sources, purchases, plans, and schedules the movement of raw materials, packaging materials, parts, components, services, supplies, finished goods, and related material through production and inventory process.
• Identifies raw material, component, and related requirements from engineering and production specifications and schedules.
• In front-end procurement mode, analyzes data and determines factors that affect prices and determines lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules.
• Coordinates and follows up with production, warehouse, and engineering personnel to ensure appropriate procurement, scheduling, and movement of materials and services.
• Compiles information to keep informed on price trends and manufacturing processes.
• May monitor performance of suppliers and collaborate on demand analysis planning.
• Understand, validate, correct, and act on Material Requirement planning (MRP) and its messages. Get BOM, yields corrected to ensure MRP signal is right.
• Actively manages raw material inventory – analyzing it, reducing unhealthy inventory to exceed Meet inventory goals while supporting material requirements for production.
• Maintain PO for dates and Quantity to remain current and drive excellence in Supplier OTIF.
• Represent Purchasing in Manufacturing, Operations Scheduling and other daily Tier meetings.
• Very close co-ordination with supplier as well as Manufacturing to ensure there are no line downs due to Material.
• Place timely purchase orders expedite material and resolve payment issues with suppliers.
• Partners with Commodity Management/ Supply Management on supplier Value Stream, Capacity Planning, supplier issues/delays and Business continuity assessment.
• Proactively escalate any supplier issues, get buy in from cross functional team to ensure risk (of line down) are mitigated.
• Partners with Sourcing Engineer on resolve supplier issue of Quality, capacity, Lead time.
• Participates in cross-functional projects involving Supply Chain, Sector and/or corporate initiatives that ensure business objectives are met.
• Ensure compliance to procedures and represent purchasing in audits.
• Support in production planning activities.
• Develop the Master Production Schedule (MPS) each month optimizing service while constraint by resources.
• Develop level loaded – capacity constrained weekly / daily build schedule in line with MPS and manufacturing constraints adapted to Raw material, labor and equipment availability.
• Identify and participate in the resolution of issues by employing strong analytical and planning skills.
• Analyze, develop, and implement long-term supply chain strategies and networks that address capacity issues and production location decisions in support of business goals.
• Conduct daily / weekly operations calls with manufacturing sites and Global Supply Chain to align on weekly production schedule, explain any capacity/supply constraints and share projection/ recovery plan.
• Attend / lead daily tier 2 and 3 at site and supply Chain to provide planning inputs and guidance.
• Facilitate monthly SIOP discussion, weekly Sales & Operation Execution with GSC and Mfg to drive service commitments.
• Utilize SAP/APO to ensure correct flow of demand signals through the whole value stream and ensure accuracy of build prompts at manufacturing sites.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with MRP/ERP systems (strong preference or QAD and SAP)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, Access, Outlook, etc.) or similar software.
• Strong data analysis, data management, and quantitative skills
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written), team orientation, and ability to negotiate towards positive outcomes.
• Strong organizational skills and good understanding of team dynamics.
• Must be detail-oriented, with ability to connect the detail to higher level goals.
• Working knowledge of quality system requirements and good manufacturing practices.
• Experience working in a regulated environment (i.e., medical device, pharmaceutical)
• APICS and/or CPM Certification Cost accounting understanding/experience
• Understanding of contracts (supply, services, non-disclosures, etc.)
• Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt (or comparable training)