Buyer/Planner

NIBCO INC.•Elkhart, IN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

NIBCO is a recognized leader in the flow control industry. Headquartered in Northern Indiana, with a manufacturing history that spans over a century, NIBCO operates manufacturing facilities across the United States, as well as Mexico and Poland. NIBCO is known by our customers for exceptional quality, commitment to on-time delivery, and outstanding product innovation. Setting us apart from our competitors is our people. If you're looking for a place where your hard work and great ideas make a difference--NIBCO is the place for you.

Requirements

SAP
Finished Goods Procurement
Inventory Demand Planning
Supplier Relationship Management
Contract Negotiations
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Outlook

Nice To Haves

Experience working with overseas vendors

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain appropriate levels of purchased finished goods inventories, meet demand requirements, work to maintain on time delivery and inventory turn rate metrics.
Work to identify best practices to obtain required products at best landed cost utilizing a qualified supply base capable of delivering a defined quality level of product when and where required.
Develop and provide commodity research analysis to support commodity and supply base strategies. Ability to evaluate and present RFQ results for new or current product sourcing. Support sourcing new products, requests for supplier samples, facilitate cross functional requests that ultimately involve the supply base.
Identify and mitigate supply and supplier risks. Evaluate new and current supplier performance. Manage the supplier relationships.
Work with various internal and external suppliers, customers, groups and individuals to bring assigned projects to timely completion.
Support new product development projects and act as Procurement representative on cross-functional teams as assigned.
Establish and maintain supplier contracts and related master data.
Continually monitor, market test and evaluate landed cost of purchased products. Negotiate/re-negotiate pricing, freight, duties, payment terms and rebates as required to maintain or improve purchased product cost.
Identify on-going opportunities for improvement within the functional area. Ex/Cost Reduction Opportunities.
Maintain necessary systems and tools to facilitate job requirements.
Participate in sourcing strategies for capital equipment, tooling, and infrastructure projects by drafting, reviewing, negotiating and administering contracts. Including terms related to pricing, delivery, warranties, performance, penalties, and service agreements.
Leverage ERP/MRP systems and data analytics to improve visibility and decision making.