Planner/Buyer

Spectrum Control•Ann Arbor, MI

23h

About The Position

At Spectrum Control, most departments operate on a 4-day, 10-hour work schedule in exchange for a 3-day weekend. We offer competitive wages and PTO, plus our benefits begin on day 1 of employment. Come join a workforce where we put you first! The Planner/Buyer creates and maintains master schedule for products, subassemblies, and materials for a product line. They purchase raw material and MRO items from suppliers to support the schedule and achieve delivery, margin, quality, and inventory goals.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Business Management/Planning OR Equivalent combination of education and experience
3-5 years Experience
Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.) and web proficiency

Responsibilities

Coordinate product scheduling by creating and maintaining computerized master schedule for products, receiving input from staff indicating customer orders or forecasts for planned inventory items.
Plan ordering of raw materials by driving MRP requirements and execute purchase order release to supplier.
Ensure material availability by interacting with appropriate personnel and obtaining material by manufacturing start date through expediting and using shortage and open order reports.
Review production capacity requirements: monitor capacity reports to ensure sufficient capacity is available to handle the requirements of master schedule, update capacity changes as they occur, assist in planning capacity requirements to meet forecasted needs.
Review and process requests and documentation: schedule re-work of return orders, monitor delivery performance and interfaces with managers, deliver quote information, approve engineering change notice, and ship orders from stock as needed.
Coordinate communication activities with internal and external sources; reviews requests and situations with marketing, engineering, and manufacturing to ensure customer satisfaction.
Dispatch and process customer orders.
Negotiate pricing for blanket agreements and supplier support programs.
Maintain production and purchase order schedules and other data in information systems.
Monitor Corrective Action Responses and work with Quality Engineer to correct, maintain, and improve supplier quality issues.