Buyer/Purchaser

Description

· Prepares and distributes master production schedule to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer orders and monitors schedule by conferring with the department supervisors to determine the status of the work schedule.

· Analyzes production specifications and plant capacity data and performs mathematical calculations to determine manufacturing processes, tools, and human resources requirements.

· Plans and schedules workflow for each department and operation according to previously established manufacturing.

· Expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.

· Prepares production reports.

Prepares lists of required materials, tools, and equipment.

· Requisitions material and establishes sequential delivery dates to departments, according to job order priorities and material availability.

· Works with Quality to ensure material delivered to production departments conformance to specifications.

· Arranges in-plant transfer of materials to meet production schedules.

· Computes amount of material required to complete job orders.

· Maintains records for material inventory, in process production reports, and status and location of material

· Establishes new product group schedules with requirement of the manufacturing build schedule

· Establishes/Implements Special Factory Orders (SFO) and/or Deviation Requests to determine effectivity dates with proper part disposition.

· Implements production tools for building to actual customer demands, prioritizing builds, expediting and automating transactions per Lean concepts.

· Manages rejected and rework product planning.

· Coordinates manufacturing activities and monitors schedule performance against plan to maintain priorities and meet established schedules. Meets daily with cross-functional team to resolve delayed customer shipments, component shortages, overtime, priorities, and identified problems.

· Works the critical shortage reports on a daily basis and updates the appropriate cause codes for service level reporting. Identifies and resolves problems.

· Initiates prioritization of customer demands as a result of changes in plans or customer requirement.

· Participates in identification and recommended disposition of obsolete and surplus assembly inventory. Performs analysis and prepares reports in areas of specific product groups. Monitors material availability and communicates as appropriate.

· Review incoming customer orders and evaluate long lead time shipment dates working cross functionally.

Work closely with Materials and Operations Management to ensure proper signals are in place to achieve production goals.

Requirements

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirement listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university

Five to seven years related experience and/or training

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.