Materials Buyer/Planner

Phase IV Engineering is experiencing the growth of a new disruptive IoT wireless sensor product. The growth is fueled by an investment from WIKA and a high-growth market. Phase IV is a small (less than 20 people), highly innovative, fast-moving company where each employee gets to see their work have a direct positive impact on the business. The work is rewarding and leads to rapid skills development. Our main benefit is high job satisfaction that comes from working with a small team of dedicated and highly skilled co-workers. (We also have great traditional benefits).

We are seeking a person to manage our materials systems to support the growth and development of our new products. This entails purchasing, inventory control, planning, bills of materials, forecasting, expediting, vendor selection, and cost reductions. Advancing these areas will have a major positive impact on the business and should provide great job satisfaction.

We are implementing a small, simple ERP system, Misys, that is connected to Quickbooks. Your role will be to complete the implementation and then run the system to optimize production output and product cost.

The ideal candidate will have experience with circuit board assembly, circuit board documentation, circuit board requirements, and circuit board assembly shops – but this experience is not required – we can train. Circuit board management is a major part of the job – especially during this time of part shortages.

We are open to a wide range of experience from “some familiarity with materials systems” to experienced buyers and planners. We can provide training to candidates with proven high-initiative. Pay will mirror experience.

Knowledge of “known-good” suppliers in areas such as machine shops and circuit board assembly is desired but not required.

Detailed requirements of the job include:

• Daily ordering of materials as requested by the staff
• Help complete the implementation of the mini-ERP system – including development of processes to support the new software.
• Bill of materials creation and maintenance
• New part number creation
• Entry of forecast (provided by Sales department) and running of ERP system
• Issue purchase orders and work orders from the ERP system
• Vendor management
• Open order management
• Part warehousing and inventory control and count accuracy.
• Cost reduction efforts – especially in the sourcing of electronic assembly services
• Electronic part shortage issues – managing substitutions, looking for non-mainstream sources for parts, tracking critical parts.
• Managing “kits” of parts going to circuit board assembly shops.
• Maintaining the part item master – price, vendor, lead time, alternative parts

Will report to the operations manager and will also work closely with the engineering team on new product development.

If you are looking for a rewarding place where you get to see your efforts have a direct and quick positive impact on customers and the business and where there are many opportunities to grow your skills, contact us about joining our team.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $43,874.00 - $80,141.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Boulder, CO 80301: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Manufacturing: 1 year (Preferred)
• Procurement: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location