Analyst, Planner / Buyer

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Global Operations & Quality team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease. You’ll partner cross-functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams, delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning, labeling, warehouse management, material handling, or any of our other supply chain opportunities, you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world. 

Plan the procurement of the material required to support Customer Demand and New Product introduction, and develop and execute the business unit production schedule.

How you'll make an impact:

As Planner

Develop the Manufacturing Production Plan from the Master Production Schedule and or Project Team requirements.  Development includes the following:

o Manage issues preventing execution of the MPS and production plan. Issues include but are not limited to non-conforming materials or processes, material or equipment availability.

o Analyze resource availability, develop short and mid-range capacity plans with manufacturing teams, and lead teams to ensure plans are met.

o Generate work orders using the Manufacturing Enterprise system.

o Manage work order progress, including working with production and other supporting departments (e.g., quality, microbiology, engineering) to ensure production plans are met.

As Buyer

• Plan materials requirements and place purchase orders from outside suppliers to support production schedules and new product launches, including:
•Negotiating pricing and delivery.
•Working with the supplier to ensure materials are made to the proper specs.
•Leading cross functional teams to resolve obstacles to meeting the schedule, including, but not limited to, resolving issues with non-conforming material, unclear specifications or vendor capacity constraints.
•Analyzing current EW and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) levels to determine if VMI release is warranted, and communicate inventory and future requirements to supplier
•Expediting purchase orders as required. Includes expediting material from the receiving dock though receiving inspection, to production stores.
•As a member of the Material Review Board (MRB), responsible for supplier related issues, including making recommendations on Quality reviews of rejected materials and determining final dispositions.
•Establish and maintain gross inventory targets with a limited scope. Includes developing action plans to minimize inventory exposure and for scrapping or mitigating excess and obsolete parts based on business information.
• Manage acquisition of equipment through Capital Procurement Assets (CPA) process
• Ensure compliance with standard cost for assigned commodities
• Identify, plan and execute cost reduction initiatives
• Other duties assigned by Leadership

What you'll need (Required):
Bachelor's Degree 1 years of previous related experience
Experience in purchasing and/or production control
Experience working in a medical device and/or regulated industry

What else we look for (Preferred):
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience ERP (e.g. JDE) preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills
• Good problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Full knowledge and understanding of Edwards policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to purchasing material and/or production control
• Solid knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and inventory management programs (e.g, JIT/Kanban, Min/Max)
• Solid knowledge of market and economic indicators, practices and procurement procedures
• Strict attention to detail
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Must be able to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams, representing the organization on specific projects, and vendors/suppliers
• Ability to build productive internal/external working relationships
• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control