Buyer

Overview

The Buyer-Planner is a key internal resource responsible for the buying and planning activities of their assigned commodities to support Spacelabs Healthcare’s Global Manufacturing, Service and Distribution facilities. The primary purpose of the role is to work with suppliers to fulfill requirements by placing orders and maintaining order schedules to prompts driven by the Master Production Schedule and customer Sales Orders. The Buyer / Planner is expected to actively participate as a team member in accomplishing Product Line Team goals as well as overall organizational goals. They will also be expected to coordinate / support activities with the Global Supply Chain Management Team in implementing best practices in the development, ownership, and maintenance of global supply chain business relationships.

Responsibilities

• Analyze materials requirements and planning reports (MRP) to establish an optimal supply of material to a Demand Base Flow Manufacturing Pull system.
• Perform day-to-day purchasing functions to ensure material is available to meet Manufacturing schedules and customer requirements at while meeting or beating the current cost standards.
• Report to the Manager any inventory or demand activity that appears to be out of the ordinary.
• Monitor Supplier Change Requests for assigned commodities and work with Global Supply Chain Managers regarding cost changes or part obsolescence issues.
• Expedite supply when required to ensure on-time shipment and resolve any current or anticipated shortages.
• Maintain and update the company MRP and other management systems within the assigned area of responsibility to allow for accurate manufacturing planning and supplier performance monitoring.
• Review reports and power BI dashboards to drive actions.
• Resolve any issues causing non-conformances that lead to parts not being successfully processed into production inventory.
• Buyer / Planner is accountable for managing PPV, ensuring on time delivery, line-item fill rate and resolving RMA issues in a timely manner.
• Work with operations on finding alternate suppliers to full fil manufacturing immediate needs.
• Support ongoing R&D programs by working placing non-inventory engineering POs and validating new suppliers.
• Negotiate PO terms and conditions as part of vendor improvement process.
• Assist and support the efforts of the Global Supply Chain Management team to develop, communicate and implement commodity strategies to achieve the highest quality products and services while achieving product cost objectives.
• Ability to validate freight costs and releasing international shipments.
• Uphold the Company’s core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with the Company’s Code of Ethics and Conduct.
• Report to their manager or a member of senior management any quality problems or defects for corrective action to be implemented and to avoid recurrence of the problem.
• Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business.
  
  

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in demand/inventory planning preferred.
• 4 years of directly related work experience with technical or complimentary discipline education.
• A minimum of 4 years purchasing or materials management experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams desired.
• Strong experience in electronics, computers, metal, cable assembly and plastics commodities and working with international vendors.
• Understand US customs import duties and exemptions.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment and meet the deadlines.
• Strong follow through, proactive planner, can-do attitude, results oriented.
• Excellent communication skills across organization and with various stakeholders.
• Agile and ERP system users preferred, advanced in Excel and Sharepoint preferred.