Buyer Planner - Subsidiary Materials Planning

Crown Equipment Corporation•New Bremen, OH

About The Position

Crown Equipment Corporation is a leading innovator in world-class forklift and material handling equipment and technology. As one of the world’s largest lift truck manufacturers, we are committed to providing the customer with the safest, most efficient and ergonomic lift truck possible to lower their total cost of ownership.

Requirements

Less than 2 years related experience
Associate degree (Supply Chain or Business)
High school diploma or GED (if non-degree with 6+ years of related experience)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or two-year degree along with three to five years of prior experience in material control, planning or purchasing.
A firm understanding of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), with SAP experience.
Good computer experience, including excellent spreadsheet skills.
Effective oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Place purchase orders with suppliers to support production, service, and project requirements while complying with Purchasing International Standard Organization (ISO) procedures.
Ensure correct pricing is used when issuing orders, including sizing orders to obtain optimum price breaks and minimal set up costs while maintaining acceptable inventory levels and minimizing obsolescence risk.
Provide forecasts and other relevant information required by suppliers to support company’s requirements.
Monitor past due orders and work with suppliers, receiving and accounting to resolve issues.
Monitor overdue parts and potential supply issues, and act with a high sense of urgency to resolve.
Investigate root cause of supply issues and work with appropriate company or supplier personnel to implement preventative action.
Communicate timely updates on estimated delivery due dates to production planners and service teams.
Monitor and adjust planning parameters to minimize inventory while providing high levels of service given lead time and reliability of supplier.
Analyze actual demand, trends, and forecasts, and adjust inventory plans accordingly.
Identify forecast and demand plan issues and work closely with the Master Schedulers and Demand Planners to resolve.
Investigate causes of slow-moving inventory, implement preventative action, and dispose of obsolete inventory in a cost-effective manner.
Create the proper component demand plan for service requirements using customer inputs and past history.
Maintain the demand plan that includes statistical buffers to support increases and decreases in demand.
Resolve problems with demand plan inventory shortages.