Duration: 12 months- potential to convert into full time
Responsibilities
Responsible for asset management (optimize inventory turns), material availability, supplier delivery reliability, non-conforming good returns, material scheduling/presentation to the receiving dock, issue resolution regarding shipment/invoice discrepancies, purchase price change. Supporting role in strategic supplier development
Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, and Experience
- Must have excellent communication skills
- 5 plus years experience in Manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated ability to take on project management ownership and execute on daily activities.
- Detail and Results oriented
- Excellent priority setting ability
- Demonstrated sense of urgency
- Must be familiar with supplier on-time delivery goals/metrics, examples to be provided
- At a minimum, experience with preferred sourcing models
- Complete understanding of inventory management
- Proven experience with supplier audits and tools used
- Experience with the coordination of supplier workshops
- Familiar with commercial contracts, logistics agreements or quality agreements
- Demonstrated ability to continuously improve processes
- Cross functional experiences with Quality, Engineering and Manufacturing
- Strong Excel skills
Preferred Knowledge/Skills, Education, and Experience
Previous experience in make or engineer to order environment
VBA knowledge
International buying experience
Import experience