Buyer, Supply Chain​/Logistics

Job Overview

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree or 3+ years experience in purchasing/planning role.
• Direct buyer experience in a manufacturing company (metal-mechanic, refrigeration, electronic or HVAC industry).
• Experience working with Purchasing, Planning and Production areas.
• MRP (materials requirement planning).
• Knowledge of SAP (preferably).
• Experience in a manufacturing planning program and production sequences.
• Leadership skills.
• Proactive.
• Schedule availability.
• Team work.
• Service attitude.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Strong decision-making, communication, analytical and negotiation skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze MRP demand and replenish stocks timely.
• Place Purchase Orders (PO / STO) on time to suppliers and feeder plants.
• Get confirmation dates or estimated time of arrivals (ETA) for all POs.
• Assure the correct receipt in our ERP system (SAP).
• Attend Daily Production Meetings.
• Execute in a regular basis, the exception messages.
• Align with suppliers/feeder plants requested date in PO/STOs to avoid impacts in Production.
• Review status of open lines and avoid past due of purchase orders.
• Communicate any risk related to purchased items and shortages to Planning and Production area.
• Escalate issues with Global Procurement or Regional Materials through the correct channels (JIRA process).
• Be able to analyze line of balances (LOB) when vendors have issues.
• Analyze monthly forecast and send it to suppliers/feeders plants.
• Assure that problems relating to delivery, pricing and invoicing are promptly conveyed to the vendor and resolved in a timely manner.
• Monitor vendor performance & on time delivery for Suppliers.
• Support other areas to assure proper feedback and corrective actions are in place to improve vendor development and deliveries.
• Implement project related to reduce level of inventory, excess & obsolete items.
• Resolve discrepancy problems in a timely manner and collaborate with Warehouse and Logistics team to solve them.
• Respond to invoices assigned in Maple (AP discrepancies).