Business Professional - Procurement Specialist

Job Title

Essential Job Functions: Support manufacturing operations in the area of materials procurement (direct and indirect) including review and execution of MRP generated action messages. Maintain day to day communication with suppliers to ensure high levels of on-time delivery, system data integrity, and ordering parameters for individual materials. Represent procurement at value stream daily/weekly meetings including MRB, ECO board, and tiered daily management. Work with domestic and international suppliers for material procurement, including low cost regions such as Mexico, China, Indonesia, and others. Manage the purchased material aspects of new product introductions into production. Drive improvements to Customer Allegiance Scores by procuring material on-time and proactively identifying any material availability issues

Qualifications

Education: A Bachelors Degree is preferred however can be replaced with applicable work or industry experience; APICS and or ISM certification is desirable

Experience/Skills: Exceptional organizational skills SAP experience preferred. Analytical skills. Ability to follow through on tasks to completion. High degree of initiative. Good written and verbal communication skills. Personal computer skills to include ERP and MRP systems. Good customer/supplier relations skills. Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in teams including design, development, marketing and customer service and developing supply chain requirements to support material flow optimization. Microsoft Office Proficiency3-5 years of experience in supply chain in a manufacturing environment.