Resumen

The buyer-planner is responsible for managing a set of commodities to meet business objectives using world class supply chain management principles and practices. There business objectives include optimizing inventory, customer & supplier on-time delivery performance, material quality, material productivity and customer satisfaction.

Responsabilidades

Main Responsibilities:

1. Exemplifies and promotes the ethical conduct of the purchasing function in all relationships with in-plant personnel and outside vendor contracts. Maintains compliance with corporate policies, domestic and international trading laws, and other established legal and procedural guidelines.

2. Analyzes, evaluates and schedule materials availability to meet customer demand. Identifies values enhancement and cost savings opportunities to plant processes and purchased materials. Recommend actions required to insure operational effectiveness.

3. Selects and implements optimal lean manufacturing supply chain solutions including using the best possible tools, such as E-commerce, MRP, Kanban, Min/max, SOMI, VMI, and third-party warehousing.

4. Utilizes information provided by business systems daily to balance demand and supply of all assigned items, taking into account both assets investment and responsibilities to change. Collaborates with internal and external customers to negotiate and resolve scheduling conflicts, inventory levels, material shortages, other material issues, ect.

5. Initiates new sources for materials along with Global Sourcing. Gathers and monitors relevant data elements regarding supplier performance to improve lead-time, purchase price, quality, transportation costs, and on-time delivery and initiate and implement corrective actions.

6. Maintains relevant system data elements including lead-time, order policy, safety stock and all order modifiers. Handles responsibility for all facets of inventory control including identification and processing of obsolete, inactive, and excess material. Resolves disposition of rejected material within set time period. Coordinates implementation of engineering hinge orders and pre-releases to achieve phase in/out of material to support operations as well as ensure on-time delivery, inventory objectives and cost effectiveness.

7. Resolves invoice discrepancies. Additional responsibilities as required for example, coordinating interplant shipments between plants within the Company. Scope: $100-200m material flow.

8.Responsible for the initiatives in order to impact in positive manner the Purchase Price Variance (PPV).

9.Work with cross functional team for cost reduction project

10.Support fulfillment team for on time delivery by expediting of open orders, seeking out alternative materials and alternate supply sources

11.Support payment term negotiation to achieve DPO (Days Payables Outstanding) target.

12.Facilitate supplier consolidation, localization initiatives.

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

3-5 years’ experience.

Strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external customers required.

Must have knowledge of MRP/ERP systems.

Ability to read blueprints required.

One to three years of related materials/planning/purchasing experience preferred.

Experience with capacity planning and purchasing negotiation preferred.

Strong computer skills, Microsoft program skills preferred.

Certification through APICS and/or NAPM preferred.

Schedule availability.

Bilingual in English and Spanish with strong problem-solving communication and interpersonal skills.

Excellent negotiation skills.

The Category Management experience for the following commodities and knowledge of Mexico supplier base is highly desired: electronic components, printed circuit boards, metal fabrication, fasteners, raw material (metals), injection molding parts.

Highly organized, detail-oriented, demonstrated ability to multi-task, with strong follow up skills. Strong ability to understand and adjust to priorities.

Ability to coordinate and track activities by metrics.

Soft Skills:

Negotiation skills, set own priorities based on daily activities, customer service oriented, sense of urgency and collaboration, team work oriented.

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