MRO Clerk

Magna International•Duncan, SC

About The Position

The MRO Clerk ensures maintenance and operations personnel have the parts, materials, and services needed to support safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing operations. The position manages MRO inventory, including requisitioning, receiving, inventory control, supplier management, storeroom organization, and repairable-asset tracking. The role also supports purchasing activities by sourcing and evaluating suppliers, coordinating deliveries with other departments, resolving supplier and inventory issues, and helping improve cost, quality, delivery, and supplier performance. It maintains purchasing and inventory records and prepares reports to monitor inventory accuracy, emergency purchases, stockouts, delivery performance, and usage.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business or a related field, including purchasing and/or materials experience, or equivalent.
Knowledge of purchasing concepts, practices, and procedures, with demonstrated ability to purchase materials, equipment, or services in substantial quantities.
At least three years of purchasing and/or materials experience, including MRO experience or equivalent.
Expertise in developing suppliers to meet cost, quality, delivery, and reliability needs.
Strong written and verbal communication skills for communicating with internal and external contacts at all levels.
Excellent organizational skills, including establishing priorities and goals and meeting deadlines.
Proficiency with job-related tools and equipment, including personal computers and manufacturing systems.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint.
Excellent problem-solving and negotiation skills and the ability to work independently on broad assignments requiring originality and ingenuity.
Ability to work with suppliers' senior professionals on complex design requests and quality-improvement issues.
Strong leadership and team-facilitation skills, including developing strategies, planning and assigning work, and coordinating assignment timing.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds as needed.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, and sit for extended periods.
Must meet proper vision requirements and maintain alertness to surroundings.
Must be able to obtain forklift certification and work from a ladder as needed.
Current and valid driver's license.
Working knowledge of English.

Responsibilities

Manage MRO inventory, including maintenance and tooling spares, consumables, specialty tools, operational supplies, and IT spares as needed.
Create purchase requisitions for maintenance materials and receive incoming MRO items and maintenance-expense purchases.
Perform cycle counts on daily, weekly, monthly, and annual schedules to maintain inventory accuracy above 98%.
Maintain accurate part descriptions, manufacturer information, and cross-references in the CMMS and SAP systems.
Identify critical spare parts and operational supplies in the CMMS and SAP systems, and maintain minimum, maximum, and reorder levels.
Coordinate maintenance-department vendor service schedules, including repairs, scheduled maintenance, warranty returns, and other services.
Review spare-part usage history to identify inventory-level issues and obsolescence, and recommend changes.
Prepare reports on inventory accuracy, weekly emergency purchases, daily out-of-stock items, vendor on-time delivery, part-number usage, and other needs.
Identify and remove obsolete or duplicate spare parts.
Negotiate supplier costs, lead times, and stocking agreements, and assist with establishing new suppliers through the purchasing department.
Purchase materials, supplies, and services by developing, soliciting, and analyzing supplier quotations; coordinate with other departments to ensure delivery, quality, reliability, and cost consistency.
Maintain purchasing records and files and, when applicable, work with agents and customs brokers on overseas material purchases.
Locate and establish sources of supply, maintain supplier relationships, recommend suppliers, and coordinate orders with existing suppliers.
Resolve supplier delivery, raw-material, and inventory conflicts with Production Inventory Control personnel and other departments, ensuring suppliers deliver quality products on time.
Develop or assist with strategies and solutions to improve cost, supply stability, commodity quality, and related purchasing functions.
Participate in continuous-improvement activities, track supplier performance, and work with suppliers to improve quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and support.
Develop a cost database for materials, labor, and overhead associated with purchased products and services, and work with departments to reduce costs and improve purchasing efficiency.
Study market trends and systems technology, research and recommend new product developments, and perform other duties in support of business objectives.
Follow Magna policies, procedures, work instructions, and standards, and recommend continuous improvements.
Follow workplace health and safety responsibilities, use required personal protective equipment, report hazards and incidents, cooperate with OSHA inspectors, and operate only equipment for which trained.