BUYER

DNP IAM is a 100 percent U.S. subsidiary of Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) – the world’s largest manufacturer of dye-sublimation media for photo printers and thermal transfer ribbons and barcode printers. DNP Imagingcomm America Corporation has the broadest selection of solutions for the photo retail market and products designed to address retailer’s specific business goals and objectives—backed by the quality and reliability today’s customers expect. Manufacturing, sales, and development offices of dye-sublimation media for photo printers are in Concord, NC, and more information is available at www.dnpphoto.com/en-us/

Job purpose

Purchase materials to meet the production Schedule & Customer Forecast (PS/) and agreed upon inventory levels. Also procure supplies, equipment, and services as needed. Negotiate with existing and potential vendors for the best possible short- and long-term contracts, profitability (prices, quality, delivery), lead times, and service levels. Buyers serve as gatekeepers to ensure that standard procedures are followed before material is purchased, is on order, is received, is stored, is modeled by quantity accurately in standard systems until it is used in production or shipped.

Duties and responsibilities

In support of DNP IAM and for the assigned product portfolio:

• Enter and maintain master data for parts, subassemblies, and final assemblies in the ERP system.
• Coordinate with sales to ensure prompt entry of sales orders and forecast data.
• Use software tools to generate a purchasing plan adequate to meet customer expectations and the forecast.
• Support qualification of new vendors, alternate suppliers, third party suppliers, third party processors and material substitutions (Complexity Factors). Seek to reduce and phase out complexity factors where possible in pursuit of the best long term total cost.
• Accurately enter and maintain organized records of purchase orders (POs).
• Use software tools to order material needed to meet the latest production plan.
• Communicate likely stock outs or other exceptions and options to resolve these situations
• Eliminate stock outs
• Eliminate excess, slow moving, and obsolete inventory
• Publish the purchasing plan at the agreed upon cadence
• Follow the SC approval process for Production Material POs 
• Partner with internal customers including warehouse and accounting to ensure accurate receipts and billing while acting as liaison to the supplier to correct any issues 
• Provide organized documentation of results and trends 
• Partner with product development, procuring material to support samples, scale-ups and new product launches 
• Support other departments in procuring supplies, tools, and equipment as needed. 
• For all the above: Find root cause of failures, recommend process improvements and support efforts to improve processes 
• Support periodic cycle counting and year-end inventory activity
• Participate in projects and other activities as requested by manager.

Qualifications

• Creative, Detailed, and Proactive Problem Solver
• Intermediate skill in Excel (preferred)
• ERP Supply Chain experience required (Epicor strongly preferred)
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills
• Pattern recognition and ability to develop actionable insights from data.
• Interpersonal skills and ability to build and improve trusting relationships.
• Multi-lingual English/Japanese strongly preferred

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred) with 2-3 years’ experience in a continuous manufacturing supply chain professional role (strongly preferred) or High School Diploma/GED equivalent with 4-5 years’ experience in a continuous manufacturing production scheduling and/or purchasing

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office setting, and spend primary working hours at a desk using a computer and other office equipment such as printers, copiers, postage machines, etc.