Depot Buyer (#1641742) Job in Cupertino, California US
Depot Buyer (#1641742)
Work with the best in the industry... Founded by William R. Kelly in 1946, Kelly Services has provided workforce solutions to customers in a variety of industries throughout its history. Kelly???s range of workforce solutions and geographic coverage has grown steadily over the years to match the needs of our customers. Kelly???s traditional expertise began with office services, call center, light industrial, and electronic assembly staffing. Today, Kelly also offers a comprehensive array of outsourcing and consulting services for its customers, including recruitment, human resource management, vendor management, and outplacement services on a global basis. Kelly has evolved from a United States-focused company concentrating primarily on traditional office services into a global workforce solutions leader with a breadth of specialty businesses. Kelly assigns professional and technical employees in the fields of finance and accounting, education, engineering, information technology, law, science, and healthcare. Kelly is the world???s largest scientific staffing provider and it ranks among the leaders in IT, engineering, and financial staffing. Kelly Services is now hiring for a Depot Buyer in Cupertino, CA! As a Depot Buyer you will be responsible for managing service parts supply for their assigned commodities. This person will be a key interface with the Depot repair facilities for material related issues . Responsibilities include: - Execute purchase orders based on requisitions released from planning - Collaborate with internal teams as needed to resolve issues. Build the necessary relationships with these contacts to be able to successfully influence and manage escalations on a daily basis. When needed, escalate to your direct manager. - Manage accuracy of open purchase orders. Ensure suppliers confirm all purchase orders and provide committed ship dates. Reschedule/modify past due delivery lines in SAP and track deliveries until received. - Achieve target fill rate, minimize backlog, and drive rapid backlog recovery. Own the daily reporting and follow-up of all unresolved supply issues and update systems with latest delivery commitments - Work with warehouse on material receipt issues and resolve any issues on a daily basis. - Work with Accounts Payable and Finance to resolve invoice and credit processing issues. - Work with logistics team to track critical shipments and resolve any transportation or customs issues. - Meet with the Depot???s daily to review materials status and resolve issues related to planning, receiving, material shortages, and RMAs. - Oversee the Depot staff RMA coordinators and act as the functional process owner for the Depot RMA process - Support NPI material readiness activities for new business awards - Support Depot quarterly business reviews as required Qualifications: - Requires BS/BA degree, plus 5-10 years related procurement and supplier management experience or equivalent - Service Operations experience a plus - Strong excel skills are required - Knowledge of logistics and customs processes is a plus - SAP experience a plus - APICS CPIM certification or similar a plus - Excellent communication skills required -- both verbal written Education: - Bachelor's degree is required