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Responsible for purchasing materials, performing a broad range of duties relating to production and inventory control planning and coordinates and performs activities relevant to supply chain management. Also acts as a liaison with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Customer Service in matters pertaining to inventories, production scheduling and customer service.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support manufacturing and commercial teams by ensuring adequate and timely flow of materials and services.
• Extensive use of Excel spreadsheets to understand material needs driven by the production plan and inventory strategies.
• Compare material needs to current and expected inventories and make decisions regarding purchasing volumes.
• Create purchase orders and route for approvals as necessary. Monitor and track outstanding purchase orders to ensure timely receipt of products.
• Follow up with suppliers to obtain confirmation on pricing, delivery, and ensure technical understanding and capability. Confirm Purchase Order acknowledgments and verify accuracy of PO details.
• Analyze purchasing data, supplier performance levels, purchase history, and cost trends. Generate reports to leadership, as needed, to support decision making processes.
• Collaborate with Production Scheduling, Manufacturing, and Sales to enable accurate forecasting, inventory levels and delivery schedules.
• Develop and manage vendor relations and transactions, communicate issues, measure performance, and ensure compliance.
• Aggressively identify and implement cost saving opportunities and open supply chain avenues to new vendors.
• Participate in projects related to purchasing and inventory control to include process improvements, cost reduction initiatives, or system implementation projects.
• Work cross-functionally and with AP, Receiving, Engineering, Operations, Quality Assurance, and/or suppliers to resolve discrepancies; i.e. quantities, paperwork, non-conformance, etc. and coordinate corrective action.
• Lead aspects of strategic sourcing, which may include Request for Quotes (RFQ) preparation, proposal evaluation, price/cost analysis, and contract negotiation
• Oversee and/or conduct supplier site visits as necessary.
• Track Vendor delivery performance, on-time delivery and expedited freight occurrences
• Coordinate incoming freight of raw materials.
• Execute decisions that are consistent with meeting organizational financial goals.
• Other duties as assigned
• Must be cognizant of all departmental procedures and associated responsibilities.