MRO Buyer

Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for a Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) Procurement Specialist in the Santa Monica, CA area.
• Perform work supporting clinical manufacturing utility and administrative facilities in Santa Monica, CA.
• Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) procurement specialist is responsible for the setting up a storeroom and managing it, order parts, receive parts, organize parts, stage parts in the dedicated staging area, distribute parts, create part numbers, attach parts to WOs, and perform parts inventory.
• Support planning and scheduling team and maintenance department by utilizing advanced technical knowledge of maintenance crafts, planning, scheduling, and coordinating techniques, as well as applying innovative operation theories, concepts, technology and negotiation skills.
• Utilizes the maintenance modules within BRAM computerized maintenance management system to review, prioritize and order and kite parts.
• Communicate kitted parts with scheduling and maintenance team on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Review and improve the part inventory by having a holistice view and analysis of critical parts to identify safety stock, min/max and reorder point, and parts on hand.
• Maintain critical equipment BOM at the proper inventory level and reevaluate the BOMs on a frequency basis based on the safety stock calculation criteria.
• This position works directly with the Facility Operations Managers(s) and Planning & Scheduling team to ensure efficient and effective part procurement, work order completion, supporting processing and scheduling of all resources to conduct maintenance activities which result in minimum downtime and maximum productivity.
• Empowered to manage the storeroom and parts inventory process, develop metrics and job reports, define KPIs and engage the proper resources to develop and implement a safe, effective and efficient part inventory process.
• Setup a storeroom at our clinical facility and establish a process to manage parts and the storeroom inventory.
• Maintain a neat and clean workspace, including inventory storage areas.
• Review scheduled WOs on a weekly and monthly basis and kit required parts, stage them and communicate WO part readiness with maintenance and planning & scheduling team.
• Purchasing activities for direct and indirect spend and oversee and maintain parts inventory while minimizing costs
• Manage MRO purchasing activities including troubleshooting and resolve issues with suppliers and stakeholders
• Create requisitions in ERP (Oracle) system for purchasing approval.
• Manage purchases to optimize inventory levels, replenish parts, meet safety stock and ensure on time delivery.
• Maintain meticulous purchasing and delivery records and update the CMMS.
• Get quotes, order confirmation, lead times, and delivery status and communicate to stakeholders.
• Identify parts for PMs, GEN work orders, and projects.
• Create part numbers in our CMMS (Blue Mountain), define safety stock, min/max and reordering values, and keep the part inventory updated.
• Analyze and challenge vendor on price increases to get the best value.
• Track and report monthly key spending and cost savings.
• Manage and update pricing, lead times, and vendor data in ERP system
• Work with Accounts Payable/Receivables to resolve purchase price variations and ensure payments are made on time and in full.
• Provide daily, weekly and monthly reports.
• Work with Planning and Scheduling manager and corporate to meet defined goals and targets of established reports.
• Ensure that safety and compliance are the highest priorities and stay on top of assigned trainings in Company GMP training platform (GxPLearn and GVault)
• Attend daily huddle to update and communicate the maintenance team and leadership at 6:00AM.

Experience:

• Bachelor or Associate Degree in Business Management or Supply Chain Management desirable. Relevant work experience is acceptable.
• Five (5) to Seven (7) years of proven experience as a professional buyer.
• 5 years system and maintenance/equipment experience with specific proficiency demonstrated in spare parts, planning and CMMS Administration (Blue Mountain experience or other CMMS Systems is a plus).
• Couple years of experience with ERP system (Oracle)
• Analytical and can assess data for making purchasing decisions.
• Business savvy and can comprehend financial impacts on buying decisions
• Sound understanding of purchasing processes and incoterms
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational skill and the demonstrated ability to effectively coordinate, plan, monitor and track operational projects and work in progress.
• Requires the ability to be available to work overtime when requested and respond to facility emergencies during off hours.
• Incumbents must have proficient skills with a personal computer and a very good knowledge and understanding with all Microsoft Office programs, specifically with Word, Excel, Outlook, Microsoft Team, SharePoint, Visio, PowerPoint, OneNote Experience with web-based applications is also strongly preferred.

Job Type: Contract

Salary: $40.00 - $50.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• equipment maintenance: 5 years (Required)
• purchasing/buyer: 5 years (Required)
• supply chain: 5 years (Required)
• ERP systems: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: One location