Buyer, Business

Buyer (Temporary)

Sanmina, Carrollton, Texas looking for a Buyer to help support the IMS division.

Sanmina, Carrollton, Texas looking for a Buyer to help support the IMS division.

• Understand Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)/(DRP) process
• Action all new planned buys, reschedule, cancel, and pre-delivery confirmations to supplier and monitor past due purchase order (PO) based on Performance Excellence guidelines
• Understand Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)/(DRP) process
• Receive and evaluate supplier responses and take appropriate action (escalate as required)
• Ensure suppliers deliver purchased items in a timely manner. Alert program management and planning of any potential issues.
• Work directly with planning to review and coordinate total demand and demand changes (forecast and sales orders) before acceptance. Communicate issues and suggest resolution to program management and other participants of the customer teams.
• Work with planning to review Engineering Change Order (ECO) impact on open orders
• Manage procurement of material and strive to reduce total costs to less than target.
• Consistently validate lead-time and Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) to ensure accuracy
• Get Purchase Price Variance (PPV) approval through the proper process.
• Complete resolution of Accounts Payable issues
• Work with purchasing administrators to ensure all actions are sent to suppliers in a timely manner and follow–up as necessary
• Resolve receiving discrepancies (RDR), Material Review Board (MRB), Return to Vendor (RTV) and PPV following Performance Excellence guidelines and Corporate and Plant policies/procedures
• Review and resolve suppliers invoice holds
• Negotiate pricing, delivery and other terms and conditions consistent with business requirements.
• Manage the material on order with suppliers so as not to exceed the plant’s inventory goal
• Obtain certification for on-line training courses per Performance Excellence requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Up to 2 years of experience
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus
• Experience with MRP/DRP planningispreferred
• Knowledge of Oracle preferred
• Good, working knowledge of Microsoft Office; particularly Excel

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer.