What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer/Planner I position at Victaulic?
Responsibilities:
- Efficiently manage the assigned group of items and suppliers to deliver the best inventory turns while maintaining a high level of customer service.
- Uses available inventory replenishment methods and practices to ensure minimum SLOB (Slow/obsolete) and scrap inventory and maximum availability of inventory for active items, including strategic inventory hedge builds and new product introduction support.
- Develops and manages the various databases to ensure systems work smoothly.
- Kanban
- MRP
- Wait-Work sheets
- Safety Stock
- BPCS/CIC/BPA
- Lead-times
- Is proficient in expediting suppliers and logistics and is familiar with impact order management. Escalates when necessary.
- Knows how to practice lead-time suppression and alert to removing waste from the process (lean).
- Can manage tactical duties with suppliers and report out on supplier performance.
- Is customer service driven. Knows how to establish safety stock positions, best stocking locations and kanbans lot sizes.
- Knows how to resolve problems and discrepancies with quality, delivery dates, quantity and invoicing of purchased commodities - 360 degree material planning.
- Owns the tactical day-to-day supplier relationship.
- Is skilled at harvesting and shepherding new cost-down and new sources to deliver savings to the company. Pushing this information to the necessary owners (ex. Commodity Managers, Regional Sourcing Managers, Logistics) and monitoring to completion.
- Participate in and use quality improvement process in resolving problems in the work environment.
- Works well in a team environment – knows several problem solving techniques.
- Evening and weekend communication with overseas team members or suppliers occasionally required.
Requirements: (Education, Experience, Personal Attributes)
- Minimum 3 years of experience in purchasing, material control or related fields.
- Strong analytical problem solving ability.
- Proficient in MS Office
- Good oral and written communications skills.
- Willing to make infrequent overnight travel.
Preferred: (Education, Experience, Personal Attributes)
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree
- CPIM preferred
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