Purchasing Supervisor

Description

NEOTech is a leading provider of manufacturing technology and supply chain solutions for brand name OEMs in the industrial, medical and military/aerospace markets. The company's headquarters is based in Chatsworth, CA with additional locations in the U.S. and Mexico.

NEOTech is hiring a Purchasing Supervisor.  This is an onsite position based in the company's Fremont, CA location. 

Salary range:  99,400K - 121,500k annually.  

To learn more about NEOTech, please visit our website at www.neotech.com

Summary:

Supervise the efforts of the staff involved in the planning, purchasing and alignment of raw material based on MRP requirements in support of customer demand, master production schedule and the purchase of equipment, supplies and services at negotiated best cost, aligned with delivery requirements and quality specifications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervise and coordinate buyer activities to create, confirm, expedite, cancel, defer, increase or decrease purchase order line items to reflect material demand as identified on the MRP Action Report (“MAR”).  Timely execution of MAR actions.
• Review purchase requisitions for accuracy and completeness, approve requisitions, designate approved supplier and assign requisition to staff for processing.
• Recommend vendors for notification to bid for contracts and review bids to ensure adherence to procedures and policies.
• Manage buyer actions for purchase order maintenance, including want date, due date, AVL, quantity and change order comments.
• Manage buyer actions for management of purchase order (“PO”) backlog to maintain accurate POs and close completed/cancelled POs.
• Manage buyer actions for identification, resolution and/or escalation material availability issues such as long lead times, allocations or obsolescence.
• Support material department inventory management initiatives, including tactical execution of VMI/MRP share strategy, Kanban/safety stock strategy, participation in physical inventory efforts, ECO implementation process, NCNR process, consigned material process and purchasing ordering policy.
• Maintain supplier relationships and execute new supplier qualification procedures.
• Reduce overall component/material costs for designated customer base to specified annual targeted cost reductions.
• Manage buyer actions to limit excess material by identification and mitigation of potential excess prior to order placement, including identification of alternate components and packaging sizes to program manager and/or materials manager.
• Manage buyer efforts to return excess material as identified by program management through E&O analysis, cancellation of customer order or customer disengagement.
• Develop and recommend purchasing procedures and policies.
• Train and perform Quality Management Systems cross functional internal audits.
• Comply with all in-house training as identified in job specific family and or specific training plan.
• Support all corporate and site 6S objectives.
• Perform all other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

Job Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong communication, leadership, process development and negotiation skills.
• Team player and highly motivated.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Successfully manage multiple, competing priorities with a strong sense of urgency and minimal direction.
• Self-starter with ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.

Experience/Education:

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent experience.  BA/BS degree preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience in purchasing.
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).

Benefits include

• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage
• Company-paid basic life/AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary supplemental insurances, FSA and HSA spending accounts and employee assistance program (EAP).
• Paid sick Leave, vacation time, and company paid holidays are also provided as paid time off.
• NEOTech also provides a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan option with a company match.

NEOTech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

NEOTech has a long-standing commitment to maintaining a safe, quality-oriented and productive work environment. We also want all employees to perform their duties safely and efficiently, in a manner that protects their interests and those of their co-workers. We recognize that alcohol and drug abuse pose a threat to the health and safety of NEOTech employees and to the security of the Company’s equipment and facilities. For these reasons, NEOTech is committed to the elimination of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the workplace. Candidates being considered for hire must pass a pre-employment background check and drug test which include screening for illegal drugs and marijuana.

Salary : $99,400 - $121,500