Sr. Buyer (25930)
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- Responsible for Planning and Purchasing activities for Demand Management of Finished Goods inventory management and replenishment planning balancing sales/customer requirements and company inventory management policies & guidelines
- Assist Management with prioritizing and achieving dept. projects, process improvements, metrics, and objectives to align with company BSC Goals
- Mentor junior staff and facilitate hands-on training with all stakeholders as needed
- Lead, and/or participate in dept./cross functional process improvement projects; manage small projects & ad hoc requests from internal customers
- Prepare reports as needed on Finished Goods Demand Management On-Time Performance and purchasing system performance; prepare presentations on improvements for management as needed
- Work closely with Production Sites to set improvement goals and objectives; manage performance and report out to management and team
- Sets, Plans, and Monitors inventory levels based on customer requirements and company target levels; ensures adequate planning and forecasting to maintain supply chain stability. Reports out batch plans and any exception management to customers, Sales, and Management.
- Identify inventory aging issues proactively and manage with Sales to reduce risk of expired goods and impacts to Production Plants
- Manages delivery schedule with Production Plants and Production Planners to ensure Finished Goods material availability per Demand Management requirements
- Processes purchase requisitions in SAP and creates POs for items such as Samples, Trading Goods, and Finished Goods while ensuring compliance with Neotech purchasing procedures and user
- requirements. May also order Raw Materials/Packaging, Operational Supplies, Services, and Capital Equipment.
- Works closely with Production Planners / Sites to resolve supply chain issues, pricing discrepancies and delivery terms; ad hoc negotiation as required; may attend meetings with suppliers / plants
- Manage sales forecast integration into ERP system, reporting issues and variances to management and sales
- Generates and reviews forecast variance reports, sets action plans, and drives resolution to close gaps and risks collaboratively with Sales, Production Planners, and other customer facing roles
- Assist Management by preparing for and/or representing dept/function in audits, examples including ISO recertification, Accounting Audits, Customer Audits of Neotech, and Production Plant Auditing
- Identify and mitigate or eliminate risk in real time; proactively manage all risk in the supply chain collaborating with internal operations teams
- Communicate and negotiate with Sales, customer facing teams and Production Planners regularly to ensure risk management and Demand Planning objectives are met
- Read, interpret and execute MRP output weekly; place purchase orders or delivery plans and follow up on open order deliveries
- Monitor open Purchase Orders, delivery status, and resolve any on-time delivery performance issues proactively
- Develop, Document and Implement Planning & Procurement procedures to ensure compliance with internal and external guidelines
- Develop effective and efficient supply chain strategies and tactics to improve inventory planning, inventory management, replenishment and disposition strategies - emphasis is placed on both the quantitative and qualitative approach in this role by managing and exceeding delivery expectations
- Data Maintenance - Updates all aspects of purchasing information in the system such as parts descriptions, vendors, pricing, lead times, planner codes, lot sizing, order minimums and maximums, etc.
- Drive efficiencies & better utilization of the SAP system
- Coordinate re-package, special handling R&D/Sampling requests, as needed to balance supply & demand of materials
- May research supply sources for Raw Materials, Trading Goods, and Packaging
- May work with customers in auditing customer inventory levels and with internal and external vendors to comply with inventory policies
- Prepares analysis and reports to management
- Other duties as may be assigned