Buyer / Planner
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Job ref:
12594
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Location:
Manchester, United States
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Sector:
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Contact:
Bob Giusti
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Published:
10 months ago
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Consultant:
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Buyer / Planner
Responsibilities:
- Assist Supply Chain management in creating a best-in-class Planning and Production Control organization
- Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Project teams to gather, validate, and challenge ongoing monthly forecasts
- Translate customer demand into an executable production plan
- Establish ad hoc forecasts and create temporary placeholder forecasts for larger customers where required
- Develop and improve techniques to refine forecasts and communicate findings to stakeholders
- Implement a forward planning process to minimize purchase part shortages
- Manage production planning and change order management, to include
- Creating and releasing production orders
- Assessing impact of proposed and implemented changes
- Maintaining shop floor schedules
- Driving weekly shortage and status reviews
- Handling of expedite requests
- Manage ERP planning parameters to ensure accurate and value added MRP signals, to include integrity and accuracy of the BOM throughout the product lifecycle
- Assist in the development and implementation of new products and product transitions
- Coordinate inventory management tools and techniques to best address business needs (e.g. Kanban. Min-Max, Re-order Point, etc.)
- Participate on MRB teams to disposition non-conforming material, manage replacements, and monitor performance
- Follow up to ensure timely disposition of slow moving, obsolete, damaged and other unusable materials in accordance with Company policies and procedures.
- Perform annual and ad-hoc physical inventory, cycle counts, and re-valuations
Ensure consistent and timely communication with all stakeholders so that they are informed of project status and are able to effectively support the needs of the project - Participate in best-in-class supplier and purchase part management to support project deliverables, to include:
- Supplier Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Sourcing and quoting Activities
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, or technical discipline
- APICS/ISM Certification a plus
Experience:
- 3-5 years of experience as a Planner or Planner/Buyer required
- Regulated industry experience preferred, medical industry a plus.
- Experience with ERP systems (Exact MAX preferred)
- Microsoft Office proficiency, especially Excel
- Experience with new product development/introduction
- Experience with Demand Planning and Forecasting
- Experience with Production Planning and Inventory Control
- Experience facilitating Sales and Operations Planning preferred
- Familiar with Purchasing Processes
- Sourcing/quoting/PO management
- Supplier Management
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