What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Buyer/Planner – Manufacturing position at Applicantz?
Hiring for a 12 months contract job in Tualatin (97062). Hybrid work, 3 days in office, 2 days remote.
Top Skills / Requirements:
- SAP background required.
- Minimum 5 years of Supply Chain experience.
- Experience in the Semiconductor, Metal Fabrication, or Plastic Fabrication industry preferred.
- Bachelor's degree is the minimum education requirement; however, this may be flexible if the candidate has strong experience in the key skill areas above.
Job Duties:
- Plans, schedules and monitors the movement of materials through the production cycle to determine required materials purchases.
- Obtains materials using engineering and production schedules to maintain inventory at planned levels (i.e., Just in Time purchases, use of EOQ - Economic Order Quantities).
- Resolves discrepancies.
- Creates and maintains bills of material and parts/commodities numbers in supply chain management or other enterprise wide systems.
- Ensures material standards are met and non-conformances or variances are approved and/or minimized.
- Develops specifications for new contract orders.
- Gathers quotations, examines bids and makes awards.
- Monitors cost, schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure best quality at best value.
- Evaluates vendor reliability and develops new supply sources where vendors and suppliers are no longer competitive.