Supply Planner / Buyer

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Job Description

We are looking for a talented motivated person who will be responsible for the planning of purchases & production of the Drives Bu, along with some buyer responsibilities. Come join a team of deeply knowledgeable engineers that strive to build the most robust and reliable motion control systems using cutting edge development tools and practices.

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for shopfloor planning and long-term capacity planning to ensure delivery dates (OTD), and alignment with manufacturing capacities.
• Maintain WO in Oracle
• Coordinate activities with manufacturing, purchasing, customer service and logistics department.
• Maintain all master data related to planning processes.
• Weekly / monthly presentation outcomes to management
• Timely escalation issues.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and facilitate teams to address issues
• Monitor and ensure purchases arrive on time (inventory, non- inventory)
• Consumables Review (2 bin kanban system) (manufacturing + office)
• Create new vendors in the system

Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

• Bachelor degree Supply Chain, ADE, Economics or similar
• 2-3 years of experience in supply chain role
• good experience in Oracle and/or SAP would be a plus
• Eager to work in a team
• English Level- Advanced.
• Basic Financial and planning knowledge
• Good oral and written communication skills

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