BUYER/PLANNER

Must have previous purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

• Manage tactical supplier relationships & work to improve overall supplier performance.
• Plan & purchase of manufacturing items to avoid shutdowns or disruptions.
• Ensure JIT delivery of raw material, parts, products and services
• Monitor & communicate supplier performance for delivery, quality & cost management.
• Track ancillary supplier costs such as surcharges, inbound freight etc.
• Member of supplier audit team including scheduling and documenting the supplier audit.
• Facilitate solutions of unacceptable systematic supplier performance.
• Escalate and resolve supplier on time delivery issues
• Prepare & execute production schedules (daily & weekly) to meet customers demand and delivery goals.
• Negotiate, plan and issue PO’s in support of prototype and production requirements.
• Coordinate timely disposition and corrective actions for non-conforming purchased product with cross functional teams
• Coordinate activities involved with procuring goods and services, such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts, and supplies.
• Confer with vendors to obtain product or service information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
• Investigate and assess potential new suppliers to determine fit
• Prepare bid specifications, receive bids and make purchases of commodities or goods.
• Setup & maintain Kanban cards for shop supplies and MRO items
• Work to develop World-Class supplier base for products and services. Eventually take full ownership for relationships between company & supply base.
• Apply Lean concepts to drive improvement in delivery and working capital utilization.
• Cultivate strong working relationships with cross functional teams
• Conduct inventory analysis and management to meet established business goals to reduce inventory levels both at Hampel and Suppliers and improve inventory turns.
• During planning process review inventory and bin accuracy and notify Production Clerk of discrepancies for review and correction.

$26.00/hour