Operations Buyer/Planner - Kent, United States - Nortek Security & Control

Description

Summary: The Buyer coordinates purchasing activities to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner. Acquires and maintains technical understanding of products purchased. Issues purchase orders for material and/or services. Aligns with AP to resolve supplier invoice and payment issues. In general, the Buyer coordinates with Warehouse personnel to correct receiving discrepancies. Monitors the cost, schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure highest quality at best value and is responsible for assigned commodities and suppliers.

Salary range is $80,000 to $90,000, depending on experience.

Location: Kent, WA. Position requires in person support of the manufacturing facility.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for purchasing, scheduling, expediting, and work order alignment processes to ensure material availability for manufacturing.
• Initiate required documentation and/or system transactions to allocate, purchase, internally manufacture, or reschedule material as required.
• Drive shortage meetings with a cross functional team and effectively expedite material to meet shortfall between plan and requirements.
• Coordinate material receipt and on hand inventory while maintaining DOI targets to ensure on-time delivery of customer orders.
• Understands and executes end-to-end procurement process efficiently, including evaluating purchasing requisitions, attaining quotes, considering bids, making awards, and facilitate payment issues.
• Maintains master data integrity in ERP system.
• Administrates procurement related projects as assigned.
• Follows established, standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained. Builds stable working relationships internally.
• Work with Demand Planner and Inventory Manager to support demand cutover strategy when dealing with new technologies and how they affect the transitional demand plan and inventories tied to phase outs and material liability.
• Complies with safety protocols to ensure a safe work environment.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree in Business Admin/Supply chain/Engineering/Finance/Accounting; or equivalent combination of work experience in purchasing and education.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system preferred.
• Ability to translate, statistically analyze data, and effectively report problems through written and/or graphical formats.
• Excellent customer service skills, with an advanced understanding of customer relationship building.
• Ability to use MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ERP, and electronic e-mail systems.
• Self-starter who is willing to learn and grown in procurement profession area.
• Strong written communication and verbal skills.
• Proven ability to multi-task, set project priorities, establish department/discipline goals and objectives.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Positive attitude, self-motivated and eager to succeed.

Physical Requirements:

Essential functions of this job require the following minimal physical demands. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable the individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required to sit,talk,or hear; frequently required to use hands to grip or feel; and occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Vision and depth perception suitable for use of utilizing a computer, printer, phone, and keyboard
• Manual dexteritysuitable for use of utilizing a computer
• Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes which permits the employee to work in an office setting
• Ability to walk and/or climb 5% of the time comfortably, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to sit at a computer for 90% of the time comfortably, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Light to moderate lifting

Working Conditions:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be comfortable working in an office environment to include moderate noise levels
• The working area is primarily in an open office setting with reasonable lighting and controlled temperatures.

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Disclaimer:

The above statements reflect the general details considered necessary to decide the principal functions of the job identified and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the job. Job incumbents are expected to perform other duties necessary for the effective operation of the position, department, or the business.