Responsibilities
When you work at Daktronics, you’ll be part of something amazing. We design, engineer, manufacture and support bold, eye-catching digital LED and LCD video displays and audio systems.
Our products bring excitement to professional, college and high school games. They attract customers for businesses around the world, and even provide direction for people as they travel, work and play.
As part of the Daktronics team, you’ll have interesting, impactful work with flexible opportunities. You can learn and grow at a company that provides competitive compensation and meaningful benefits – and the people are second to none.
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- Ensures that the appropriate inventory is ordered on time and at the appropriate volume to support the Material Requirements Planning (MRP), and Master Production Schedule (MPS) schedule. The buying function also includes expediting or de-expediting material as required by the MRP/MPS process and following the escalation process when issues arise.
- Buyer/Planners place Purchase Orders (POs) from pre-approved suppliers, Transfer Orders (TOs) from other Daktronics factories, and Work Orders (WO) when scheduling production areas.
- Manages PO status completing status calls and interaction with suppliers to ensure prompt inventory materials delivery.
- Ensures data problems are identified and resolved. Must maintain accurate systems information in support of MPS viability.
- Review item attributes through daily item review.
- Review items to address excess inventory and create countermeasures to stop excess from accumulating.
- Manage production schedules for a value stream within the factory.
- Communicate schedule changes to the leaders of production areas.
- Continuously look to improve ways we manage data and process paperwork throughout the factory.
- Communicate schedule shortcomings and/or part shortages to Master Scheduler and Materials Manager.
- Become knowledgeable of and follow company procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned and needed to meet Daktronics growth and customer expectations.
General Expectations:
- Foster an environment that promotes and reinforces teamwork.
- Build positive, professional relationships of mutual respect and trust with peers, vendors, and other employees.
- Represent Daktronics as an Agent of the Organization. Consistently model Daktronics high-performing leader and team behaviors. Positively influence to further Daktronics culture and success.
- Become knowledgeable of and follow company procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned and needed to meet Daktronics growth and customer expectations.
- Adherence to standard work.
Demonstrated Capabilities for Success:
- Core: Ethics and values, integrity and trust, decision quality, dealing with ambiguity, listening, composure, and self-development.
- Developmental: This position provides consistent opportunities to develop competencies essential to developing and leading people. These competencies include motivating others, building effective teams, problem solving, and conflict management.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Math, Business Economics, or comparable degree.
- Combination of formal training and experience will be considered.
- Material/production control experience within a manufacturing environment preferred.
- Supervisory, Business, Management experience preferred.
- Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills required. Fluent in English, written and verbal.
- Computer skills required include: Glovia, Word, Excel, and Microsoft Outlook.
- Ability to travel by air and ground. Valid driver's license and good driving record. Motor vehicle records will be checked.
- Effectively exercise discretion and independent judgment.
- Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
- Daktronics does not sponsor, renew, or extend immigration visas for this position.
Daktronics is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetics, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or citizenship status. If you would like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here.