Sr. Buyer Planner

Description

Lab2Fab has helped companies innovate and bring new ideas from the lab to full-scale fabrication (Lab2Fab™). Their clients have been acquired by major multi-nationals, received tens of millions in VC financing, and launched disruptive technologies in their markets. They now bring their skillset, with laser focus, to the number one food equipment manufacturer in the world, The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD). Middleby’s large network of foodservice equipment companies and their track record for constant innovation makes them a perfect match for their vision and values. Respect, grace, and grit enables them to put rockets in the sky, robots in kitchens, and electric vehicles on the road. They’re thrilled to help position the world’s leader in industrial kitchen appliances at the cutting edge of food service automation.

We are currently seeking a talented and experienced Senior Buyer Planner to join our Lab2Fab® Middleby Automation team. As a Senior Buyer Planner, you will be responsible for leading business unit teams in strategic planning, analysis and execution of consolidated procurement agreements and strategies that require evaluation of leading-edge technology, extensive business opportunity and/or global application and coordination. Integrate supplier base with business processes and both negotiate and execute agreements to leverage their capabilities and volume.

Essential Functions

• Negotiations: Serves on both negotiation teams and as chief negotiator. Agreements may be both global and business unit in scope.
• Place purchase orders, align supply to demand with supplier commits to ensure on time delivery.
• Technical Ability: Develops strategies and leads cross-functional business teams through a high-level understanding of technology, value added engineering, industry and market conditions.
• Quality and Supplier Productivity: Pro-actively drive supplier productivity initiatives and jointly develop supplier quality road maps through the use of TQM principles.
• Teamwork: Serves as a team leader/motivator who seeks communication and diverse viewpoints.
• Control and approval of all program procurement activities and decision in line with customer demands and commodity strategies starting from phase 0 and over lifetime.
• Supplier Capability Management: Anticipates market changes and uses them to develop commodity plans that leverage supplier capability.
• Integrated Supplier Management: Leads cross-functional initiatives to link supplier capabilities to potential product development/ enhancement opportunities.
• Material Focus: Leads and facilitates cross-functional teams formulating material flow and logistics strategies to support manufacturing initiatives.
• Responsibility for achieving the business unit procurement goal – and action plans. Meet or exceed profit plan goals: cost savings, economics, quality, supplier rationalization, LCC % content and other agreed objectives.
• Lead, motivate, support and develop employees in the procurement organization
• Provide financial expertise/support in terms of supplier part specifications, tooling investment budgets, customer conditions, cost tracking, etc. so that program targets and purchasing goals are met
• Guarantee supplier pricing control over the programs from phase 0-5 and over lifetime
• Coordinate the supply chain requirements e.g. when/how to source, early sourcing, cross program supplier selection etc.
• Guarantee integration and communication with global commodity teams.
• Ensure smooth project launches by controlling the acquisition, sourcing on time and in line with expectations until SOP
• Support of proper Make or Buy decisions
• Guarantee compliance with BOS, PDP and POS procedures
• In addition to the above-mentioned tasks, other activities and responsibilities may be individually defined
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering or related technical area
• 8 years’ experience in purchasing or related discipline
• Strong MRP skills and experience utilizing bolt on material planning tools such as LeanDNA
• Exposure to commodity sourcing activity
• Several years of demonstrated experience in consolidated purchase agreements
• Demonstrated leadership skills in communications, strategic planning and supplier relations
• Strong negotiation skills
  
  

The job description is fluid; the candidate must be flexible and ready to do what is required for the company to succeed. You will be ensured a competitive salary, full benefits, and an outstanding opportunity to grow with an execution focused, fast-moving company.

Middleby is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled