Role Overview
We are adding a new position to our purchasing/planning department. if you have at least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing purchasing/planning department in support of the buyers and planners, please apply. This position will at first be payrolled through a temp agency. The work week in M-F, in-house, 7:30-4:00. Rate range while temp is $32.69-33.65 depending on experience.
Key Responsibilities
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Materials:
- Coordinate daily cycle count activities with materials group
Purchasing:
- Action purchase order acknowledgments
- Interface with vendors
- Process order confirmations for Purchasing group
- Send open order reports to vendors weekly to acknowledge dates will be met for upcoming deliveries
- Work with receiving to review any problem orders and action as necessary
- Expedite parts shortages and past due parts and initiate corrective action to remedy shortage problems while maintaining expedite log
- Strong understanding of contract manufacturing processes and dynamics, ensuring effective collaboration and negotiation for optimal sourcing outcomes
Planning:
- Plan work orders to go to shop floor by using Visual and forecasts that come from customers
- Review Visual Reports to adjust schedules due to labor constraints
- Work with Inside Sales, Engineering and Production on projects to ensure adherence to agreed upon production schedule
- Review customer forecasts to plan materials and capacity accordingly
- Run shortage report as needed
- Process customer expedite requests and maintain logs by working with Purchasing and Production to determine best delivery date based on parts and labor
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