Experience

• Plan, schedule, and monitor goods and services to meet the production requirements of the company employing such techniques but not limited to JIT, Kanban, Blanket POs, and Reschedules.
• Ensuring raw materials, components and production supplies are ordered accurately and are delivered on-time to support assembly / distribution / Installation shcedules.
• Manage inventory and safety stock levels, optimizing service performance with the most effective use of capital.
• Set-up and maintain material, supplier, and planning system data in the MRP/ERP system.
• Perform Root Cause Counter Measure when shortages occur.
• Support and provide direction regarding material availability or limitations against inventory / Installation plans and develop action plans to address.
• Gather necessary resources to address action items and follow up on all material shortage-related issues.
• Manage inventories to ensure continuous customer supply while maximizing stock turns.
• Engage in key stakeholder management with engineering, production, intercompany sales, and operations functions.
• Communicates/elevates issues as needed to stakeholders. Actively interact with Business segments, quality, warehousing & transportation to solve material issues & react to consumption patterns.
• Analyse data using Excel, creating pivot charts to identify key areas for supplier performance improvements.
• Follow up on quality issues to drive resolution with supplier and internal team.
• Work with supply base to ensure material availability; quickly resolving any gaps in availability, capacity, quality, and cost to minimize business impact.
• Accurate and timely reporting of key measurables such as Supplier delivery metrics.
• Special projects and new project development as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications

• Extensive Experience of material buying and planning in a manufacturing / Distribution setting.
• Experience with MRP / ERP systems.
• Experience in supply chain management and inventory control.
• Proficiency in MS Office products (especially Word, Excel, Visio and Project).
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills; ability to communicate with an analytical approach.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build strong relationships with external partners.
• Must be a highly motivated self-starter and be able to work under ambiguity.
• Must be organized and able to balance multiple priorities appropriately.
• Must be goal-focused and committed to completing task.
• Logical thinking with creative problem-solving ability.
• Detail-orientated, highly motivated, patient, and diligent.