Tactical Buyer

The Impact You'll Make

The Tactical Buyer position is responsible for the key Supply Chain business processes and activities that are needed to support the availability of procured materials. This includes the creation and management of: forecast, Purchase Order releases, inventory models, Plan For Every Part (PFEP), project and Engineering transitions, conformance to Customs and Trade Regulations, supplier capacity analysis, SAP parameter management, and delivery performance communication for all assigned suppliers and supporting freight providers.

Responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Demand Management
  • Working with Global Procurement to ensure that capacity files are in place and of some recent S&OP cycle for high impact suppliers
  • Collaboration with external suppliers regarding the stated and changed demands resulting from S&OP cycles
  • Supply chain and operational business model changes
  • As necessary, allocation management for capacity constrained suppliers
• Engineering Change Management
  • Responsible for establishing and managing implementation dates of required engineering design changes
  • Communicate implementation schedules and changes with all impacted organizational parties - external & internal
  • Create implementation schedule with supplying source
  • Navigation management of change
• Project Transition Management
  • Responsible for the PMR elements impacting Supply Chain
  • Facilitates and manage the transition from current to future suppliers for internal and external resourcing projects
  • Establish Supply Chain material flows for Danfoss manufacturing localization projects
• Inventory Management
  • Defining the Inventory Model that is required for assigned suppliers
  • Creating and implementing all PFEP activities for assigned suppliers/components
  • Ensuring that SAP Parameters are defined to support the Inventory Targets
  • Managing the flow of materials to ensure compliance to Inventory Levels
• Purchase Order Management
  • Defining and implementing communication media for assigned Suppliers
  • Managing exception reporting to ensure that the flow of materials are in line with required assembly schedule plans
  • ASN implementation and management
  • Releasing required production, engineering, project, and sample PO's
  • Resolving any receiving hold issues that arise at Danfoss receiving docks Delivery performance communication for assigned suppliers
• Customs and Trade Compliance
  • Ensure that Supply Chain processes are compliant to Customs and import regulations
  • Ensure that the SAP data is maintained appropriately to ensure compliance to regulations
• Logistics and Route Management
  • Responsible for TCO to ensure that the proper mode, lanes, and carriers are established for assigned suppliers
  • Utilizing the expedited freight process to minimize the need for expedited freight movements
  • Invoice approval for freight invoices for assigned suppliers
  • Monitoring transportation route performance and quoting new lanes

Background & Skills Strongly Preferred

• Bachelor's degree and/or certificate within Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Administration preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in parts and supplier management preferred in relevant fields (ex. Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering)
• Good communication skills, problem solving, analytical skills and organizational skills
• Proficiency in MS Office (including MS Word & Excel)
• Experience with SAP or related ERP system (ex. Oracle, JD Edwards)

We offer the following benefits:

• Bonus system
• Paid vacation
• Retirement plan
• Flexible working hours
• Personal insurance
• Opportunity to join Employee Resource Groups
• State-of-the-art virtual work environment
• Employee Referral Program

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.