Buyer/Planner Job in Seneca Falls 13148, New York Us

PURPOSE OF POSITION:
Manage and procure inventory levels required to meet shipment and operations objectives through manufacturing or purchasing procurement. Interface with Suppliers and Manufacturing personnel as required to meet/exceed Customer Service requirements. Support Marketing lead time requirements for Models.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Review and take appropriate action to all materials reports.
Create purchase and work orders, modify existing PO’s / WO’s, and expedite deliveries
Work with suppliers to balance capacity and requirements to satisfy OTP and inventory levels.
Reconcile and improve supplier OTD
Review, evaluate and make disposition of Excess and Obsolete inventory
Eliminate early purchase receipts
Recommend material substitution
Execute ECN materials actions, if applicable
Manage and reconcile inventory discrepancies and supplier non-conformance issues.
Manage Purchased and Manufactured LEAN programs
Identify LEAN data integrity issues
Assist supply chain with supplier relationship by reviewing on a monthly basis
Work with Product Managers and Planner to develop stocking / pull levels to support market demand.
Communicate any delays caused by abnormal demand, salvage, scrap or late parts
Work with suppliers and manufacturing to establish priorities when bottlenecks exist. Requires making decisions on partial shipments, splitting machining lots, subcontract, and other possibilities to maximize customer service.
Maintain Dispatch reports or Production boards for priority, validity and capacity management. Work with shop supervisor to manage workload, overtime and subcontracting.
Secure and analyze quotations; negotiate price and terms with suppliers and recommend based on cost, quality and delivery.
Identify product structures and routing issues
Coordinate as appropriate quality matters and engineering changes/developments between manufacturing operations, QA, and suppliers
Initiate and facilitate problem-solving teams, implement solutions and track results.
Identify, suggest and implement process improvements
Maintain Data integrity with specific emphasis on system date accuracy.
Resolve P2P issues
Assures on-time delivery of materials through timely processing of purchase orders
Obtain data, participate and present metrics and countermeasures in daily management process (GEMBA walk)
Other misc. duties as assigned, back – up for other Buyer/Planners

Education:
4 yr. Degree or combination of education and appropriate materials experience
Experience: related experience in Lean processes, Inventory management.
Materials/Purchasing/Manufacturing; Customer service and expediting experience.

Skills/Knowledges:
• Lean inventory management process.
• Demonstrated work experience with MRP, Forecasting and Stocking Levels
• Requires initiative, creativity and assertiveness, coupled with strong interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills
• Strong product/parts knowledge and understanding of manufacturing, purchasing and planning processes.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel, Access and PowerPoint
• Teamwork skills
• Problem solving skills, Analytical