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Hendrickson International-posted 25 days ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Hebron, OH
1,001-5,000 employees
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
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Manages suppliers of routine common usage parts. Negotiates price and commercial issues with suppliers. Facilitates communication between Hendrickson and suppliers during PPAP process. Executes MRP and JIT/KANBAN purchase orders to supply production and service requirements.

  • Prepare RFQs as needed.
  • Negotiate contracts, pricing and commercial issues with suppliers.
  • Maintain positive supplier relationships.
  • Develop and implement cost reduction programs and commodity strategies.
  • Interact with all Hendrickson departments to assure a steady flow of materials.
  • Optimize on-hand inventory days against customer order fill performance of 95% or greater for commodities assigned. Evaluate freight and inventory carrying costs to establish optimum lot sizes, frequency and timing of deliveries. Identify and champion inventory reduction initiatives.
  • Identify and analyze raw material requirements. Place and track Purchase Orders with suppliers to fully support production and service demand. Maintain all required records and computer data pertaining to assigned suppliers and parts.
  • Supports the processing of Engineering Change Notices (ECN's) and communicate same to suppliers. Manage release of new parts, transitions between parts and revision changes.
  • Support information requests from corporate Purchasing.
  • Prepare monthly activity and inventory reports and other reports as required.
  • Support departmental escalation policy.
  • Support cross training initiatives of the department.
  • Acquire an understanding of manufacturing principals to drive ERP improvements.
  • Utilize QAD, Excel, Word, Power Point.
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • Maintain regular attendance.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Materials Management, Operations, Business Administration or related field.
  • 2+ years' experience in planning/ purchasing in manufacturing environment preferred.
  • Solid understanding and execution skills of MRP, KANBAN, JIT, FIFO.
  • Organized, detailed and able to prioritize, plan, and execute multiple responsibilities.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation and supplier management skills.
  • Team oriented and able to lead implementation teams.
  • Excellent PC skills and experienced with windows-based productivity software.
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