Sr. Planner​/Buyer - Crystal Lake, IL

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Advertised Job Title

Advertised Job Title Sr. Planner/Buyer - Crystal Lake, IL

Vacancy No

Vacancy No VN253

Employment Type

Employment Type

Full-Time

Position Type

Position Type Permanent

Job Profile

Senior Planner/Buyer
Crystal Lake, IL

Senior Planner/Buyer
Crystal Lake, IL

CAMFIL - A GLOBAL LEADER IN AIR FILTERS AND CLEAN AIR SOLUTIONS

For more than half a century, Camfil has been a leading manufacturer of premium clean air solutions. We provide commercial and industrial systems for air filtration and air pollution control that improve worker and equipment productivity, minimize energy use, and benefit human health and the environment.

The Camfil Group is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has 30 manufacturing sites, six R&D centers, local sales offices in 30 countries, and nearly 6,000 employees and growing. We proudly serve and support customers in a wide variety of industries and in communities across the world. To discover how Camfil helps to protect people, processes and the environment, visit us at  .

SUMMARY: The Sr. Planner / Buyer will be a key member of the Crystal Lake manufacturing plant Materials Team and responsible for managing and coordinating the material requirements in support of dynamic production schedules. The position will require minimizing raw material inventories while reducing purchasing costs and maximizing customer service.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborates heavily with internal and external customers, including suppliers, manufacturing, engineering, customer service, sales, and quality assurance.
• Key participant in creating the Master Production Schedule.
• Work closely with production in implementing production schedules.
• Analyze and coordinate material requirements from the manufacturing production schedules, engineering, validation and process development studies.
• Uses sound judgment to influence production and purchasing decisions.
• Review and analyze weekly raw material, components and finished goods requirements to meet specific schedules.
• Produce material planning and inventory reports.
• Provide management control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Manage inventory by determining and maintaining optimum quantity and cost levels.
• Raise order fulfillment issues to management and key customers to propose mitigation strategies on a routine (daily/weekly) basis.
• Analyze forecasts, actual demand, schedules, and inventory. Make recommendations to manufacturing.
• Generate and release purchase requisitions for procurement through approved/qualified suppliers for raw materials and components.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• In-depth experience in a manufacturing environment
• Thorough knowledge of manufacturing, supply chain, planning, and purchasing, including the ability to research, analyze, negotiate, and close various types of purchase efforts.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and have a strong knowledge in ERP/MRP systems.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to both office and plant surroundings. The noise level in the plant environment is usually moderate, certain areas required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE).

EEO STATEMENT: We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Drug testing and background check are required upon hire.

The position is based ON-SITE in our Crystal Lake, ILfacility

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