ETE REMAN
Buyer Planner
ETE REMAN, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Responsibilities:
- Execution of the tactical buying processes to ensure parts and material supply to support the production schedules and overall customer requirements.
- Communication with suppliers, parts room, logistics, production and quality to support optimal delivery performance of our suppliers and maximized output of our production operations.
- Effectively communicate potential interruption in part supply, and ensuring persistent follow through until a resolution is achieved.
- Monitor and action exception messages in Syteline.
- Manage inventory levels to balance continuation of production and reduction of inventory days on hand.
- Daily monitoring on delivery of open orders, prepare returns of damaged or unused parts.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers.
- Identify opportunities for inventory days on hand reduction as well as cost reductions.
- Participate in planned physical inventories.
- Participate in and support the sales inventory and operations planning process as assigned.
- Periodic review of master data such as supplier lead times, MOQ's, re-order point / safety stocks.
- Expedite orders with suppliers when delayed or urgent.
- Report on supplier on-time delivery metric for portfolio parts / suppliers.
- Be prepared for scheduled and impromptu meetings, be able to work as a team.
- Maintain a safe, clean and organized work environment, be at your workstation on time daily.
- Drive continuous process improvements and training of processes.
- Embrace ETE Reman's Core Values
- Academic degree is preferred, with an emphasis on supply chain, operations or business management.
- APICS CPIM certification or similar is preferred.
- Minimum of 3+ years of demonstrated experience in buyer planning roles and inventory management in an automotive or industrial manufacturing environment.
- Computer literate, strong communication and excellent math skills, able to work with Excel.
- Experience and proficient in working with MRP/ERP systems.
- Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision.
- Have a Can-Do Attitude, with good time management, communication, and decision-making skills
- Self-starting and motivated; believe in teamwork and uphold the ability to always help others
- Adhere to all safety rules, give it your all every day, must have regular, reliable, and predictable attendance