Scheduler Material

External•Laurel, MD

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Operational Buyer is a staff position responsible for fulfilling production plan requirements within agreed costs. This role involves transforming raw and pack material requirements into orders based on existing contracts with suppliers, covering direct materials and related services. The position also entails managing supplier communications and service reporting. The role operates between Bakersfield and Laurel, monitoring supply signals, ensuring delivery dates, lead times, and quantities are correct, and creating purchase orders. The Operational Buyer ensures manufacturing requirements are met by the production date, reviews daily performance, adjusts delivery schedules, and addresses material supply issues with the planning team. They provide forecasts/POs to suppliers for future requirements (3-12 months), control material stock cover against agreed targets, and manage un-receipted orders. This role directly manages supplier deliveries, including creating, sending, confirming, receiving, and investigating invoice errors. Building and maintaining strong supplier relationships is key, as is representing the Froneri Way of working through behaviors and core values. The Operational Buyer controls out-of-stock materials, highlights demand changes and their impact, and communicates material updates to Warehouse, Production, and QA. They monitor material shelf-life, compile KPI reports, complete temper/thaw processes, adhere to Froneri procedures, maintain 5S in their workspace, and update planning parameters in the system as needed.

Requirements

Developed ability of Excel skills
Developed ability of analytical thinking.
Highly developed ability of negotiation and communication skills.
Strong leadership, analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
Good knowledge of purchasing, commercial understanding, and cost breakdown.
Ability to manage entire order to payment process.
Results Orientated.
Work well in a team and under pressure.
Min. 1-3 years of experience in a relevant position.
Min. 1-3 years of experience in FMCG
Must be able to win trust and respect of others.
Must be able to identify potential impacts of a problem on all relevant areas of the operation
Must be able to give a point of view clearly and firmly while open to objections.
Eye for detail- Able to balance priorities.
Able to see the bigger picture beyond the scope of their job.
Thinks outside of the box.
Must consistently showcase the desired behaviors that represent our Core Values.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States now and in the future.

Responsibilities

Monitor supply signals through the demand & supply view ensuring delivery dates, lead times and required quantities are correct and finally creating purchase orders ensuring their fulfillment by the supplier.
Ensuring that manufacturing requirements are available at the production date.
Daily Review to monitor daily performance and take any necessary action to adjust the delivery schedule accordingly and discuss with planning team any material supply issue.
Provide forecast/PO’ to the suppliers reflecting the future requirements 3-12 months.
Control the material stock cover based on the agreed target level/Production cover.
Run the un-receipt orders report on Daily / Weekly basis and take the necessary action on the spot.
Manage directly with the defined supplier the delivery of materials: this includes creating, sending, confirming, receiving, investigating errors and discrepancies in blocked or parked invoice.
Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications.
Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our Operating Model and Core Values
Control out of stock materials through the Daily / Weekly issue monitoring report.
Highlighting any Increase/Decrease in deicymand and the impact on the materials.
Communicate with Warehouse, Production, QA any new /changes in your materials.
Monitor shelf-life expiration for all materials and discuss the results with the planning, R&D, QA& production team to avoid any expiration that might occur.
Compiling KPI reports
Complete temper/thaw process for materials
Adhering to FRONERI procedures and standards.
Always keep 5S in your workplace.
Update the planning parameters on the system for materials when it is needed.