General Overview

Summary

Detailed Description

• Plans for and procures materials necessary to meet manufacturing build requirements for one or several product lines.
• Plans and schedules timely material required for customer forecasts.
• Determines material requirements from engineering and production schedules and coordinate the efficient movement of materials throughout the production cycle.
• Reviews requisitions, contacts vendors, examines bids and initiates contracts.
• Initiates purchases driven through MRP process.
• Assesses when to execute and what order to place based on other factors.
• Pushes or cancels orders per production plans.
• Reviews forecasted requirements and purchases materials in accordance with that forecast.
• Ensures materials are available to meet manufacturing build requirements.
• Matches material infeed and inventory turnover so as not to hold too high a percentage of inventory at any time.
• Qualifies new supplies through survey and site visits.
• Helps establish new supplier accounts with finance department. Investigates and resolves issues with invoices or suppliers.
• Works with internal customers to address, return and receive credit for defective materials.
• Acts as a customer liaison with new product introduction. Introduces the new product through manufacturing to shipping per customer requirements.
• Attends weekly change meetings with the customer.
• Reviews and submits new costs associated with the change or the introduction of new requirements.
• Determines cut in of new design changes.
• Interfaces with customers engineering staff.
• Works with inventory control at end of product life.
• Writes procedures and documentation and trains and mentors new and less experienced purchasing employees.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Extensive knowledge of procurement processes, inventory management and supplier management.
• Knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, the types of materials being purchased by the department and the engineering change process.
• Knowledge of basic computer applications and the ability to learn and use multiple applications specific to this department.
• Good negotiation and problem resolution skills.
• Ability to plan strategically for the coordinated delivery of a variety of materials.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.

Typical Experience

• Three to six years of relevant experience

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Educational requirements may vary by geography.

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