Buyer

We are looking to add a Buyer/Planner to our team in Englewood, CO.

Responsibilities

• Support Procurement and Supply Chain purchase order (PO) process
• Manage PO Process
• Ensure supplier trade agreements are updated as required
• Assist with inventory reconciliation, including monthly, quarterly, and annual close
• Ensure cycle count process is completed weekly
• Accurately enter and maintain data in Microsoft Dynamics (AX)
• Reconcile vendor invoices
• Work independently under general supervision of the Supply Chain Manager
• Purchase and manage raw materials to support manufacturing requirements.
• Analyzes MRP requirements to ensure accuracy and integrity; determines future needs; decides min/max and economic order quantity. Maintains MRP data.
• Coordinates subcontracted materials and services.
• Tracks and monitors purchase orders, keeping informed of any problems/delays and communicating any impacts/constraints.
• Expedites/Defer materials to ensure product availability per the build schedule.
• Plan the production schedule and monitor work-in-process to ensure customer delivery requirements are met.
• Release and receive work orders.
• Participant in the cross-functional team for supplier approval requests, set-up, and monitoring.
• Analyzes, evaluates, and controls finished goods and purchased parts inventory.
• Demand analysis for executing MRP Signals such pull-ins, pushouts, cancellations.
• Provide material support through communications with suppliers and placing purchase orders according to MRP requirements.
• Analyse, understand, and convert MRP messages to raw material purchase orders and plans to meet production / forecast demand Resolve invoice discrepancies.
• Inventory Management – Understand, maintain the minimum necessary raw materials, finished goods inventory and report on the status of inventory levels against inventory targets.
• Responsible for the accuracy and integrity of purchasing and planning master data for assigned materials and products.
• Maintain accurate item master data lead times, batch size, safety stock target, to always ensure 100% system data accuracy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field preferred
• Inventory reconciliation experience
• Intermediate Excel knowledge
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Experience working with SAP preferred
• APICS Certification
• 3+ years Production Planning and/or Material Planning Experience