Buyer / Planner III

Responsibilities

The Buyer / Planner plans, schedules and monitors the movement of materials through the production cycle to determine required materials purchases.

• Obtains materials using engineering and production schedules to maintain inventory at planned levels (i.e., Just in Time purchases, use of EOQ - Economic Order Quantities).
• Resolves discrepancies.
• Creates and maintains bills of material and parts/commodities numbers in supply chain management or other enterprise-wide systems.
• Ensures material standards are met and non-conformances or variances are approved and/or minimized.
• Develops specifications for new contract orders.
• Gathers quotations, examines bids and makes awards.
• Monitors cost, schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure best quality at best value.
• Evaluates vendor reliability and develops new supply sources where vendors and suppliers are no longer competitive.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; an advanced degree is preferred.
• With 5-10 years of related work experience 

Keys to Success

• Building collaborative relationships
• Decision making
• Drive results
• Foster innovation
• Personal energy
• Self-leadership