What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer Planner position at Aston Carter?
Description:
• Supports sourcing, purchasing, planning, and scheduling the movement of raw materials, packaging materials, parts, components, supplies, consumables and subcontract items through production and inventory process. • Reviews purchase requisitions for completeness review support documentation, currency, payment terms, alignment of back up documentation to requisition and clarity of description. • Creates purchase orders and provide monthly forecast to suppliers based on production planning requirements. • Identifies raw material, component, and related requirements from engineering and production specifications and schedules. • Analyzes data and determines factors that affect prices and determines lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules. Compiles information to keep informed on price trends and manufacturing processes. • Coordinates and follows up with production, warehouse, and engineering personnel to ensure appropriate procurement, scheduling, and movement of materials and services. • Monitors status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of materials, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future potential issues. Expedite material delivery or explore other possible options with supplier to avoid parts stock out. • Identifies issues regarding PO to invoice discrepancies, returns, and quality issues and non-conformances with suppliers. • Initiate new supplier set-up process in Oracle and Virje QMS. • Produces and develop relevant inventory and procurement reports on a regular basis to track and monitor various areas of performance. • Collaborates with vendors to conduct physical inventory, report and resolve potential issues on inventory discrepancy. • Attends daily production meeting, track inventory and production status resolve and escalate issues that can potentially impact supply provide receiving inspection and lot release testing priority in response to product demand. • Attends meetings with key vendors to ensure that delivery schedules are on-track and resolve supplier related issues. • Initiates and coordinate shipments of components to sub-contracted vendors for further processing and perform purchase order returns for parts that need to be returned to vendor. • Complete various transactions into ERP Oracle system as required. • Other duties as assigned.
Skills:
oracle, purchasing, QAD
Top Skills Details:
oracle,purchasing
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in business or related discipline. • Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in procurement or supply chain roles. • Two (2) years of work experience in manufacturing operations and/or supply chain prior experience in a regulated environment (i.e. medical device, pharmaceutical) preferred. • Experience with production planning, material requirements planning, BOM management, NPI / EOL, re-order point and other replenishment planning methodologies. • Ability to work with diversified supplier base and high-mix production environment. • Cost accounting understanding/experience. • Strong data analysis, data management and quantitative skills ability to identify patterns. • Strong team player capable of working individually as well as collaborating with cross-functional teams build relationships at all levels within the internal organization and external suppliers / vendors. • Working knowledge of quality system requirements and compliance (e.g. traceability, QSRs, ISO, MDD requirements). • Experience working with ERP/MRP systems, Oracle preferred • Understanding of contracts (supply, services, non-disclosures agreements, etc.). • Proficient in Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).
Experience Level:
Intermediate Level
About Aston Carter:
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At Aston Carter, we’re dedicated to expanding career opportunities for the skilled professionals who power our business. Our success is driven by the talented, motivated people who join our team across a range of positions – from recruiting, sales and delivery to corporate roles. As part of our team, employees have the opportunity for long-term career success, where hard work is rewarded and the potential for growth is limitless.
Established in 1997, Aston Carter is a leading staffing and consulting firm, providing high-caliber talent and premium services to more than 7,000 companies across North America. Spanning four continents and more than 200 offices, we extend our clients’ capabilities by seeking solvers and delivering solutions to address today’s workforce challenges. For organizations looking for innovative solutions shaped by critical-thinking professionals, visit AstonCarter.com. Aston Carter is a company within Allegis Group, a global leader in talent solutions.
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