Buyer​/Planner

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SUPPLY CHAIN Regular Full Time Professional Sparks, NV, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $65,000.00 To $80,000.00 Annually

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY:

The Buyer Planner owns an assigned material category end to end, from suppliers to material on the dock. One person plans, sources, buys, and expedites the material, and is accountable when it is late, short, or over-stocked. This position works closely with the production planning team to understand the build plan and material requirements to support.

Multiple positions share this job description and differ only by assigned category. Categories may be rebalanced by Supply Chain leadership to even out workload or cover absences, and each Buyer Planner is cross-trained to back up at least one other category.

TEAMWORK

• Help each other succeed
• Communicate clearly and directly, listen well
• Encourage teammates
• Blameless problem solving

HONESTY AND INTEGRITY

• Honor your commitments
• Do the right thing
• Consistent in your attitudes and actions

LEAN

• Improve processes
• Open to new ideas
• Share information, and teach
• Expose issues

NUMBERS FOCUSED

• Deliver results
• Analyze data for improvement
• Take ownership and accountability
• Work smarter, not harder

EXCELLENCE

• Exhibit passion in serving customers
• Contribute solutions
• Sense of urgency
• Be the best at what you do
• Seek knowledge

FUN

• Be positive
• Celebrate achievements
• Don’t take yourself too seriously

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES:

PLANNING AND MATERIAL AVAILABILITY

• Run MRP / Net Suite planning daily for the assigned category and convert demand into a purchase plan
• Perform clear-to-build analysis on scheduled jobs and confirm material is available before release to the floor
• Maintain planning data for assigned items, including lead times, MOQs, order policies, and safety stock
• Reschedule open orders in or out as demand changes so supply matches the production plan

SOURCING AND PURCHASING

• Issue RFQs, evaluate quotes on total cost (price, lead time, quality, and terms), and award to approved suppliers
• Work closely with the Global Supply Manager (GSM) who manages all master contracts and commercial aspects of the supplier relationship
• Create and submit POs in accordance with the FFM Procurement Policy and approval workflow
• Keep open POs accurate: confirmed dates, correct pricing, and no unconfirmed or past-due lines left unaddressed
• Partner with the GSM to negotiate pricing, lead times, and terms for the assigned category

SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT

• Own day-to-day relationships with all suppliers in the assigned category
• Track and report supplier on-time delivery and quality; maintain supplier scorecards
• Work with Quality on non-conforming material, supplier corrective actions, and returns
• OSP assignment: coordinate send-outs and returns with Shipping & Receiving and manage supplier turn times against the routing

SHORTAGES AND RISK

• Own the shortage report for the assigned category and drive each shortage to closure
• Expedite as needed to protect the production schedule and customer commitments
• Flag supply risks early, before they become shortages: lead-time changes, price increases, single-source exposure, and capacity limits
• Escalate issues that put customer ship dates at risk, with a recovery plan

INVENTORY HEALTH AND E&O

• Own excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory for the assigned category
• Identify root causes of E&O (buy quantities, MOQs, engineering changes, cancelled demand) and correct them
• Recommend dispositions (return to vendor, rework, reuse, or write-off) to Finance and…