Position Summary
Manage and procure inventory levels required to meet shipment and operations objectives through manufacturing or purchasing procurement. Interface with Suppliers and Manufacturing personnel as required to meet/exceed Customer Service requirements. Support Marketing lead time requirements for all IP Models. Manage a pre‐determined value of Inventory. Manage service and production parts.
Essential Responsibilities
* Review daily order reports to identify product requirements:
o Supplier open order report
o Supplier salvage report
o Supplier OTP report
o Supplier portfolio management
* Realize savings report
* Contracting & negotiating with assigned suppliers
* Create purchase orders
* Modify existing purchase orders
* Other activities as part of sourcing system for a wide range of mechanical parts
* Development of strategic sourcing concept
* Expedite deliveries
* Work with suppliers to balance capacity and requirements to satisfy OTP and inventory levels
* Review, evaluate and make disposition of excess and obsolete inventory
* Execute ECN materials actions
* Manage and reconcile inventory discrepancies due to lost parts and supplier non-conformance issues
* Manage supplier/manufacturing stocking programs
* Backup co-workers as required due to vacation, illness etc.
* Identify safety stock revisions
* Assist supply chain with supplier relations by reviewing on a monthly basis
* Work with engineering, contracts and planner to develop safety stock levels to support project demand
* Communicate any delays caused by abnormal demand, salvage, scrap or late parts
* Prepare Regional expense report, Realized savings report, supplier performance report and supplier capacity evaluation report monthly
* Work with suppliers and manufacturing to establish priorities when bottlenecks exist. Requires making decisions on partial shipments, splitting machining lots and other possibilities to maximize customer service
* Secure and analyze quotations; negotiate price and terms with suppliers and recommend based on cost, quality and delivery.
* Coordinate as appropriate quality matters and engineering changes/developments between manufacturing operations and suppliers
* Initiate and facilitate problem-solving skills, implement solutions and track results.
* Identify, suggest and implement process improvements by taking own initiative and generate lean projects in purchasing department
* Establish, retain and maintain data integrity with the current running ERP system
* Cost reduction initiatives
* Resolve complex delivery, quality or other related problems with purchases
* Serve technical focal for special or high level audits & assessments of supplier’s systems, processes & products.
Position Requirements
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Engineering with minimum of 5 years of experience in relevant field.
OTHER SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:
* Managerial experience preferred
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* PC Literate
* Knowledge of Goulds Pumps Products preferred
* Previous experience in dealing with foundries & casted parts
* Prior experience in dealing with Fabrication & machined parts
* ERP & SAP software fluencies
* Query processing ERP/Excel
* Presentation skills & ability to manage multiple priorities
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