Procurement Analyst

Description

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you'll find the packaging career you've been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC's longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We're constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a "Best of the Best" in the Best workplaces in the America's awards for 12 years in a row.

It's how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

LOCATION: COE

SUMMARY: This position is responsible for the procurement of direct raw materials in support of production order process. Determines the material components required and the operational sequence of manufacturing through examination and conformance to finished product specifications. Performs raw material allocations, and reallocations of materials, on order as well as from available on hand inventory and stock. Responsibility includes raw material inventory levels and turnover in conjunction with the efforts of the Scheduler and APC budget levels.

Maintains current knowledge of manufacturing procedures, capacities and capabilities, company products and components, and production control procedures and utilizes this knowledge to support the manufacturing schedule as well as customer needs.

• Participate in training, embrace concepts of and actively practice the STOP Safety Program fundamentals to aid American Packaging Corporation's efforts to achieve a zero-accident rate.
• Perform EFI Radius material allocations and confirm operational sequences as outlined in the finished product specifications, trim guidelines, and production standards.
• Procure all direct raw materials and place orders with vendors.
• Ensure vendor acknowledgements match purchase order prices and requirements.
• Manage purchases and releases to support timely purchasing in regard to vendor price changes and potential pre-buys.
• Time raw material delivery in accordance to scheduled production while conforming to raw material holding and inventory level objectives. Release raw materials for delivery here as well as offsite warehouses and update schedule comments accordingly.
• Ensure packing lists and COA's are received prior to delivery of released raw materials.
• Work with vendors concerning raw material delays to minimize impact on scheduling, efficiency and customer requirements.
• Order and allocate materials in support of research and development efforts (trials).
• Coordinate purchasing with subcontractors and inter-company divisions.
• Ensure make‑ready materials (set up film) are available to manufacturing and the production planner.
• Provide material lead‑time information to assist in identifying customer have ready dates.
• Provide raw material cutoff dates for customer orders as required.
• Reconcile weekly Open Order Reports from suppliers to production demands; update APC orders and/or schedule as needed, as well as engage supplier if information conflicts with internal demands.
• Monitor inventory levels, turnover and reallocations of raw materials to enable compliance to divisional asset management goals.
• Quarterly, review aged inventories over 45 days for disposition.
• Assist in the investigation and resolution of raw inventory problems, i.e., lost items.
• Assist in valuation and correction of erroneous raw material quantity and/or values.
• Facilitate raw material complaints (CRF); communicate directly with supplier and provide documentation for internal as well as external reconciliation. Monthly review needed of open complaints for closure; follow up as needed.
• Write standard operating procedures as required to support job function documentation and to facilitate cross training efforts.
• To support ISO certification, complete monthly and quarterly documentation as required, i.e. Vendor Score Cards.
• Participate in teams as required or directed in support of safety or any company effort as required.
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