Buyer Planner

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.•Bridgeport, WV

29d•Onsite

About The Position

MHIRJ’s network of service centers, support offices and parts depots are positioned in important aviation hubs in the U.S. The Buyer Planner is responsible for ensuring the timely acquisition of parts and materials needed to service customer aircraft by planning and forecasting part and material requirements and coordinating acquisition with internal and external suppliers and materials personnel.

Requirements

Minimum of 2 years’ practical experience managing procurement activities related to an aircraft visit; or 8 years of progressive buying experience in a heavy industrial or manufacturing related industry; or Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management and one year of manufacturing or industrial related buying experience.
Exposure to and ability to become proficient with computerized aircraft maintenance documentation systems.
Proficient ability to communicate in all forms in English including reading, writing, and speaking.
Excellent organization and communication skills.
Ability to plan/organize tasks, prioritize, assign, and coordinate work.
Ability to use pertinent reference materials.
Excellent computer skills.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of parts certification - Preferred
Associate or bachelor’s degree in supply chain - Preferred
One or more supply chain management certification(s) - Preferred

Responsibilities

Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for materials, tools and components via communication with internal and external sources and suppliers.
Confer with staff, users, and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services and determine corrective action.
Provide information to adjust discrepant orders/exception messages and cancel line items not received or returned to stock as needed.
Provider operations with alternate and/or superseded part numbers as needed.
Partners with the EMX super user to create alternate parts numbers.
Review predraw packages from Planning to determine the Material and Tooling requirements, quantities on hand and quantities needed.
Track progress of outstanding parts for the aircraft and communicate updates daily to all stakeholders regarding material deliveries and shortages.
Responsible for contacting suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries and resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries and other constraints.
Responds to customer, operations, and supplier inquiries about order status, changes or cancellations.
Monitor material shortage reports and ensure accurate need by dates.
Provide turnover reports for oncoming shifts
Attend daily materials department meetings and report status on outstanding materials.