Material Processing Buyer Planner

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

SOURCING DUTIES:

• Initiate, source, and follow-up on requirements for outside processing and warehousing.
• Develops and maintains supplier relationships with inside and outside representatives.
• Supports sales with quick turnarounds on quotes and follow-ups.
• Builds and maintains database of all processing sources and indicates preferred sources vs. approved sources.
• Makes sourcing decisions and/or recommendations to product management or supply chain manager.
• Aligns with sales and/or Supplier Process Lead to establish and onboard new processing suppliers.

SERVICE ORDER PLANNING & ERP DUTIES:

• Develop a thorough understanding of the current operating system as it pertains to outside processing planning duties.
• Assess shop floor workload and execute outside process plan when bottleneck occurs.
• From respective planning screens, initiate production planning process by reviewing and approving customer sales orders requirements that entail outside processing services.
• Understand and review inventory to ensure the best use of existing material resources.
• Monitor assigned customer contract levels for material requiring outside processing and plan accordingly.
• Create, schedule, and monitor completion of outside processing orders.
• Prepares and issues service order change notices.
• Reviews and processes service order confirmation from outside processors.
• Maintain current lead times from outside processors on intranet.
• Maintain service order instructions master in Stratix Library.
• Maintain communication with receiving and supply chain departments regarding outside processing arrivals.
• Review and process purchase order acknowledgements/confirmation from the mills. Follow up with mill/UPM buyers when a PO is not acknowledged within an acceptable timeframe.
• Provide unacknowledged PO analytics regularly to the supply chain team.
• Review and process purchase order changes including but not limited to estimated delivery date and surcharge cost changes.
• Purchase MRO items as requested to support organization needs.

INVENTORY CONTROL DUTIES:

• Complete cost confirmation step in the receiving process within the ERP system.
• Identify mill invoice discrepancies by checking freight charges, surcharges, and base cost per pound.
• Resolve receiving process delays internally and/or externally including cost discrepancies with mill partners and internally with the Quality team.
• Completes return from outside processing costing step in Stratix. Identifies outside processor invoice discrepancies by checking weight, processing cost, and freight charges.
• Ensure all outside inventory is managed effectively and returned timely.
• Create stock transfer orders as needed.
• Generate Scrap Sales Orders.

QUALITY ALIGNMENT:

• Assist the Quality Control (QC) Department with the scheduling of 3^rd party testing, material inspections, and the cutting of samples as needed.
• Process Mill Returns as directed by the supplier quality team.
• Drives continuous improvement in management of outside processing orders and suppliers.

Perform all additional duties as requested by the manager.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

No supervisory requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS 

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

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Requires two years of college, or equivalent related experience and/or training of two or three years, with additional vocational training.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals in English.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak and/or present effectively before groups of customers/suppliers, and employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, percent, discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry and to draw and interpret graphical data.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

None required.

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 accommodation 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 sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.