- Company
- Flow International
- Industry
- Manufacturing & Construction
- Location
- Kent, WA
Provide site, and multi-site procurement, support to secure required materials for operations, manufacturing, Engineering, New Product Introduction, Services, and MRO needs.
Responsibilities
· Respond to manufacturing demand requests and place purchase orders for needed materials to meet manufacturing build requirements.
· Responsible for intercompany orders including entering purchase orders and/or sales orders as needed.
· Verify stock; Work with Planners and other Buyers on shortages, non-stocks and stock outs to determine date available.
· Confirm and update intercompany sales orders and release sales orders to be picked for intercompany shipments.
· Determine when air shipments are necessary.
· Send open purchase order reports to suppliers weekly to confirm due dates and safety stock at supplier location.
· Participate in the discovery new sources to meet demand.
· Participate in negotiation of pricing, supply stream establishment, and part/print compliance to Flow engineering requirements
· Responsible for supplier performance (Technology, Quality, Delivery, Reliability, Cost, Responsiveness)
· Identify, resolve, and expedite issues to ensure timely identification and procurement of materials.
Qualifications
• Knowledge of materials management, supply chain, distribution, warehousing and purchasing.
• Experience with custom, highly engineered components and assemblies.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated business and contract negotiation skills.
• High level of analytical ability where problems are complex.
• Good interpersonal skills to work effectively with others.
• Ability to work independently on projects and function effectively in a team environment.
• PC proficient, working knowledge of MS Office applications, Microsoft Dynamics AX experience desired.
• Ability to read blue prints preferred
• Must be able to travel 25% of the time
• Two year degree or equivalent experience or training a plus.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in purchasing or a manufacturing environment, or any combination.
• Working knowledge of purchasing and supply chain concepts with APICS, CPIM, NAPM certification and/or association a plus.
How to apply:
Please apply via this link: http://smrtr.io/0DzrZg