Roles & Responsibilities
- Create Purchase order transactions on the fly and knowledge of SAP
- Knowledge of supply and demand planning
- The candidate must combine a working knowledge of world-class supply chain practices, strong analytical capabilities, strong leadership skills, and business savvy.
- Effective in communication, influencing, and negotiation in a matrix organization including one-on-one, small and large groups, and with peers and executives.
- Knowledge of Reporting tools such as Business Objects, Tableau or similar is a plus.
- Knowledge of other procurement software.
- Optimize planning process, execute weekly plans to minimize future gaps by reviewing new buy and repair plan recommend by the planning system.
- Keeping planning system master data up to date and initiate Engineering Change request based on material life cycle.
- Manage procurement and repair activities including setting up repair supply chain , execute, expedite the repair purchase orders, streamlining repair cycle, working with supplier manager to ensure supply plans meets requirements. Resolve shipping and receiving issue , invoice variance , payment isuse and manage purchase orders reconciliation with the suppliers.
- Responsible for key performance metrics such as backlog, fill rate, inventory turn, purchase orders price variance and past due delivery management.
- Analyze forecasted demand, inventory, develop weekly supply plans that meet customer demands.
- Analyze and resolve product backlogs, fill rates on a daily basis. Identify problem areas, and drive appropriate functional groups to correct.
- Identify opportunities for system enhancement and work with key business stakeholders and IT to implement continuous system improvements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degrees
- 3-5 years of experience as a Buyer Planner or in a similar procurement role.
- Experience in Demand Planning and Procurement operations
- Hands-on experience in SAP ECC.
- BPO experience. Experience required in Procurement domain (Buyer Experience)
