Our company culture is built upon YKK’s philosophy called the CYCLE OF GOODNESS™. We believe that providing value and being fair to our customers and our employees is what makes us a successful company in return. Guided by our core values and fundamental behaviors, we strive to foster a caring company, committed employees and challenging work that benefits our employees, customers, and communities. We offer competitive compensation packages, training and advancement opportunities. YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and at work. By providing a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee, we hope to foster a long and productive employment relationship.

Position Summary

The purpose of this position is to plan and schedule the inbound flow of material to support customer and production needs. Establishes, implements and leads overall strategic initiatives to improve customer satisfaction, fill rates, inventory goals and overall improvements to the supply chain by performing the following duties.

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities

• Manages the planning, procurement and sourcing recommendations of assigned parts to meet customer and production needs based on current and forecasted demand.
• Monitors production plans and design changes to ensure availability of purchased parts per quality specifications.
• Assists in developing alternative sources for current and future product needs working with Product Development and Quality groups.
• Advises management of market conditions and supply base activity which could affect quality, delivery or price considerations critical to the company’s success.
• Executes engineering changes regarding purchase parts to ensure supplier is working to YKK AP’s current specifications.
• Works with suppliers daily to ensure timely fulfillment of demand requirements and inventory replenishment needs.
• Negotiates pricing, delivery, lead times and related duties with supplier to meet budgetary goals and customer expectations.

Education / Experience:

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university in business or operations management plus 1 year of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates and Licenses:

APICS CPIM or ISM CPM preferred.

YKK AP America Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (Opens in a new window).

YKK AP America Inc. will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants. United States Department of Labor. Learn more (Opens in a new window).

YKK AP America Inc. participates in the E-Verify program as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program (Opens in a new window).

YKK AP America Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can follow the process outlined below when applying for a position: Provide your name and contact information to YKK AP's Accommodations team at accommodationrequest@ykkap.com. Your request will be responded to as soon as possible. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Employment with YKK AP America Inc. is conditioned upon successfully completing a negative drug test for the presence of illegal drugs.