Buyer/Planner

Springs Window Fashions • Waukegan, IL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

To maximize service performance while minimizing inventory investment on select product groups and/or product lines. This is achieved through a combination of detailed planning in association with high-level, strategic planning.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Two (2) to four (4) years of related experience
• Two (2) to four (4) years of successful Production Control experience required, with proven performance in all P&IC concepts and techniques
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• PC literate, with working familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Word

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration preferred
• APICS certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Ensure materials are available to support customer requirements while minimizing freight costs
• Monitor material shortages, and identify and implement corrective actions
• Keep material availability dates updated and accurate
• Monitor capacity requirements, both short and long term
• Work with Forecasting, Sales, and Marketing to develop accurate forecasts
• Continuously look for service opportunities
• Hold overall product line responsibility for service levels
• Manage the backlog by facility to ensure service objectives are achieved
• Work with Purchasing to reduce lead times, minimums, and price break quantities
• Provide forecasts to major suppliers
• Follow up on rejects to ensure they are expeditiously dispositioned
• Continuously look for inventory opportunities
• Monitor aged inventories to identify opportunities to reduce and prevent them
• Hold overall product line responsibility for inventory levels
• Ensure all obsolete inventory is dispositioned and ultimately consumed, sold, or scrapped
• Create work orders and purchase orders in accordance with service and inventory objectives
• Review all ECRs/ECNs and take appropriate action
• Monitor and ensure all lead times are accurate
• Maintain the integrity and accuracy of plan bills
• Work with Product Management to introduce and exit programs efficiently and effectively
• Review procedures and practices to identify continuous improvement opportunities
• Help mentor and cross-train Planner/Buyers
• Provide a “Best Experience” to all contacts by consistently following our “Guiding Principles”
• Complete special projects as assigned

Benefits

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with up to 5% company match of eligible contributions
• life insurance
• long-term disability insurance
• short-term disability insurance
• paid sick time at an amount that meets or exceeds all local requirements
• paid vacation time (pro-rated for current year based on start date)
• paid holidays per year
• one paid volunteer day off per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED