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- Coordinate supplier releases for all Component Suppliers to meet manufacturing schedules and customer demands
- Provide detailed material forecasts to vendors with required due dates
- Respect the Financial Budget of Stock Value from Raw Material portfolio
- Establish purchase orders and purchase requisitions in order to get materials, goods and supplies; Review deliveries against the orders and track the status of any orders
- Track Vendor delivery performance/expedited freight occurrences
- Interact with the suppliers on a day-to-day-basis and conduct routine/non-routine meetings with Supplier Representatives for business/issues review
- Escalate supplier issues to Commodity Purchaser and Suppliers Quality Manager as necessary
- Ensure that any invoices are sent to accounts for payment and resolve invoicing/receipt issues between suppliers and Accounting
- Deal with non-supplied, under orders, over orders and damaged goods
- Conduct cycle counts and maintain and ensure inventory accuracy and fill rates for all components
- Create, implement and maintain the FIFO system for all components
- Adjust inventory levels as required by customer demand while maintaining adequate material safety stock and moreover deploy actively a
- Consignement Stock management
- Conduct Physical Inventory counts for all components
- Produce and maintain all reports
- Support the Planning & Scheduling Dpt to establish or review the planning for the production
Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management, Business Administration or Purchasing- 4-8 years of experience in Purchasing, Material Planning, or Supply Chain Management
- Excellent knowledge of English
- Experience in Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
- Lean Thinking and Lean Tooling experience are appreciated
- Hands-on approach to problem solving and analysis
- Strong working knowledge of QAD, MRP, Supplier Portal or similar business operating systems
- Excellent Analytical Skills
- Excellent customer service attributes
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally within internal and external areas such as Finance, Engineering, Production, Purchasing, Suppliers
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- APICS Certification is recommended.