Buyer/Planner presso California Faucets

Description

Job Description/Essential Duties:

Reporting to the Purchasing and Planning Manager, the Buyer/Planner will support our purchasing department with the selection and procurement of products. This position is responsible for demand planning/forecast, supply planning, vendor relationship management, and inventory management.

The duties of this key role in the purchasing department will focus on:

• Forecasting/Demand Planning: Own and manage the SKU level forecast to improve the forecast accuracy.
• Supply Planning: Release purchase orders to drive the right supply to support the business need. Manage the ETA of POs in the ERP system. 
• Inventory management: Continue to improve the inventory turn without a risk to supply. 
• Supplier relationship management: Manage the supplier performance and negotiations to obtain the best cost value from the suppliers.
• New Product Launch: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Marketing, and Operations), to ensure the new product launch achieves the targeted timeline. Manage the product transition to avoid the inventory exposure.
• Reporting: Create reports to enhance the efficiency of the workflow.
• Performing additional assignments per supervisor's direction, not limited to the list above.

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

The Following Personal Attributes/Skills are Required:

• Analytical skill and attention to detail – capable of analyzing and interpreting data
• Comfortable with working in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams – Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and so forth
• Ability to interact professionally with all levels in the organization
• Have strong problem-solving attitude
• Comfortable creating reports and providing updates on projects or purchasing related data
• Experience with using an ERP system
• Understand and familiar with Engineering drawings, technical documents, the manufacturing process and materials, and receiving and inspection process 

Environmental and Safety Considerations:

Possible exposure to heat, cold, dust, and moderate noise when working indoors.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.          

People Interface:

The position requires contact both within the department and between departments on routine matters.

Decision Making:

The position requires the use of judgment to plan and execute decisions to solve a problem or select a course of action for a standard or recognized method of operation.

Supervision Received:

Under general supervision of the Purchasing and Planning Manager, assignments are both task-oriented and objective-oriented. You will follow established procedures for routine work and receive specific instruction on non-routine problems.

Education and Experience:

• The desired minimum educational requirement to successfully perform this position is a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or another related field.  
• Five (5) years of experience in a demand planning/forecasting or supply chain management related field within a design and manufacturing environment preferred. 
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite, including intermediate to advanced Excel skills (i.e., pivot tables, VLOOKUP’s, formulas, data analysis, etc.).
• Understanding of ERP/MRP systems and their use in a manufacturing environment.  
• Experience with negotiations and supplier management  
• APICS CPM certification is preferred.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

This is a largely sedentary role; however, some filing and standing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets, and bend as necessary. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, talk, and hear.