What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer/Planner position at Bystronic Inc?
Title: Buyer/Planner Reports To: Supply Chain Manager
Department: Supply Chain Supervises: N/A
The Purchasing Specialist will work directly with vendors in both Europe and the Unites States to maintain the supply chain for US distribution channels. This individual will also be a key player in the ongoing analysis and monitoring of the parts inventory. This role will require substantial work in SAP and Excel, so strong skills are required in order to create and maintain master data for all parts needed in support of order completion for Bystronic in the United States.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Follow up on open Purchase Orders with all vendors/supply chain to ensure all PO are received by the promised date;
- Communicate with internal customers to provide revised promise dates on Purchase Orders;
- Responsible for reviewing the demand forecasting and acquiring stock accordingly;
- Analysis of part classification based on past as well as forecasted sales volume;
- Monitor daily purchasing demands to ensure appropriate parts are ordered for required delivery date;
- Monitor the fulfillment of orders that drop ship from vendor to customer as well as the orders placed to Bystronic manufacturing subsidiaries;
- Work with accounting to reconcile freight invoices;
- Perform master data maintenance to ensure all information is up to date and all fields required by Warehouse Management System are in place for all parts;
- Perform cycle counts;
- Assist in the system development of new part numbers and master data maintenance for new products as outlined by the Sales and Service teams;
- Other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
- High school diploma required.
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a purchasing role, ideally in an international organization.
- Experience with SAP (or similar) ERP system.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Phone and desk work for several consecutive hours at a time, on a daily basis;
- Ability to work overtime as required.
NOTE: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed