Procurement and Planning Specialist

Key Responsibilities

Expert in purchasing electronic components

Establish strategic partnerships and supplier relationship improvements: discover and pursue ways to reduce inventory, reduce part costs, reduce lead time, improve terms, supplier consolidation, etc.

Design and implement business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies

Search out and pursue better and more cost-effective ways to procure components of existing product lines

Source new components with limited direction by engineering, service, or other departments

Meet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, provide performance feedback, or discuss production forecasts or changes

Implement new or improved purchasing and shipping & receiving processes

Manage activities related to strategic purchasing, material requirements planning, inventory control, warehousing, or receiving

Analyze inventories to determine how to reduce waste

Develop procedures for coordination of purchasing with other functional areas, such as sales, engineering, finance, and production

Participate in the coordination of engineering changes, new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material and production flow

Collaborate with other departments to identify or qualify new suppliers

Develop material cost forecasts or standard cost lists

Design and implement plant warehousing strategies for production materials or finished products

Education / Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or Accounting

High school diploma

Qualifications

MRP, VMI, Kanban, JITERP knowledge

Bilingual English / Spanish

Multi-task

Hand On

Self-motivated

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