What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Quick Connectors position at Oetiker?
All around the globe customers rely on our safe connecting solutions. But we are also a reliable partner for our employees. About 1,800 colleagues in more than 30 countries play their part in ensuring that our products optimally combine mission critical components. Whether it’s motors, airbags or heart pumps – every day we develop connecting solutions for a wide variety of industries and thus take important steps towards a better future. Would you like to be a part of it? Find your peace of mind!
More and more electronic knowledge is needed for the electric vehicle market. Besides the mechanical engineering work the electronic knowledge has to go hand in hand with the concepts and the final product. This position ensures that the missing skills in electrical engineering become part of the daily development work and lead to safe and high-quality product solutions. It is a shared resource between Oetiker New York, HOH and TCS.
- Plan and execute procurement of production raw materials from global suppliers
- Maintain strong working relationships and communications with manufacturing and key suppliers to confirm production/shipping schedules and monitor open purchase orders to ensure on-time deliveries
- Perform Procurement Standard Work as described in the ONY Procedures
- Proactively report product and material availability issues
- Analyze and manage MRP, Item Master, Parameters, Lead Times, Supplier Contracts, etc.
- Revise essential system planning data to ensure the ERP system is effectively planning future requirements
- Maintain purchase order status and shipment tracking information in the ERP system
- React immediately to inventory losses or stock outs to ensure sufficient availability of material
- Maintain adequate inventory levels to support production and corporate inventory goals
- Visit suppliers as required to keep abreast of supplier’s environment (profitability, LT health, improvements, etc.)
- Support and assist in supplier initiatives
- Approve payment of supplier invoices, negotiate return of obsolete material
- Notify management of any cost/price increases
- Analyze current supplier performance and work with Supplier Development to resolve any issues
- Resolve supplier related receiving problems
- Knowledge of manufacturing, calendar, database management, email, internet, inventory, project management, spreadsheet, word processing software, and ERP systems is preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Supply Chain or technical field or a minimum of five years’ experience as a buyer in a manufacturing environment- required.
- Minimum three years’ experience working with an ERP system- Strongly preferred.
Additional Information
Knowledge of SAP ERP system preferred