Production Buyer

Fortive•Everett, WA

10d

About The Position

The Production Buyer coordinates products through the complete production cycle. The role develops production and supply plans based on demand forecasts, material availability, and manufacturing capacity, and maintains planning parameters in ERP systems to optimize subassembly production and raw material supply. The Production Buyer analyzes processes and systems, resolves issues involving inventory, production schedules, or material shortages, and recommends countermeasures to prevent recurring problems. The position balances vendor, internal-customer, and external-customer needs according to supply and demand for materials and finished goods. As part of the Materials team, the Production Buyer works with factory teams, vendors, strategic sourcing, schedulers, development, and New Product Introduction teams to support continuous product supply, inventory control, sourcing, and successful product launches. The role may also coordinate and supervise the movement and integration of production cells between locations, and establish standard work and training within the Materials team.

Responsibilities

Communicate and coordinate with factory teams to maintain continuous product supply and meet quality and delivery standards.
Resolve vendor issues that could stop production.
Implement materials strategies such as consignment, Kanban, just-in-time, and postponement to reduce inventory while maintaining availability.
Develop inventory-control action plans and countermeasures with schedulers, development, and factory teams.
Work with the Strategic Sourcing Team on low-cost regional sourcing, supplier assessment, and supplier management.
Initiate and participate in continuous improvement using appropriate Fortive Business System tools.
Collaborate with the New Product Introduction team to support successful launches from engineering design through factory production.
May coordinate and supervise integration of production cells moved from one location to another.
Establish and maintain standard work and consistent training within the Materials team.
Develop production and supply plans based on demand forecasts, material availability, and manufacturing capacity.
Maintain ERP planning parameters to optimize subassembly production and raw-material supply plans.
Analyze processes and systems, resolve inventory, scheduling, and material-shortage problems, and recommend preventive countermeasures.
Balance vendor and internal and external customer needs based on supply and demand for materials and finished goods.