General Information:

Develop and maintain strong working relationships across the Supply Chain. Effectively communicate across a wide variety of internal customers and external suppliers through crisp, clear, and continuous communication.

Your Responsibilities:

Order Management

• Create and maintain distinct purchase orders (POs) and schedule agreements (SAs) for raw material used to produce the final product.
• Participate in award share changes of components between suppliers.
• Analyze increases and decreases to the suppliers considering lead time and transit time.
• Maintain master data settings for raw material part numbers.

Shortage Management

• Identify critical shortages impacting production, communicate with suppliers, and escalate to management.
• Expedite component deliveries as necessary.
• Update shortage management tools based on supplier feedback and monitor ASNs and inbound shipments.
• Participate in daily shortage review meetings between production schedulers and material planners for information and communication.
• Follow the material shortage management (MSM) process when a supplier cannot support, including checking for relabels, inter-company or distribution purchases, consulting the design team for alternatives, and creating an LDAN (line down advanced notification).
• Request premium freight shipments as needed using the Cargobase tool to request carrier quotes and the SOFA tool to request premium freight approval.
• Schedule and lead escalation calls with the supplier when no delivery information has been provided or a supply gap has been identified.
• In parallel, the material planner is expected to escalate all shortages with potential to impact production requirements to department management.

Inventory Management

• Review and maintain proper component inventory levels related to DOH.
• Actively collaborate with Advanced SCM to identify excess inventory, develop actions to control inventory on a component basis, issue Logistic Complaints for over shipments, and request an RMA (return material authorization).
• Manage appropriate consignment component inventory levels to prevent aged material.
• Internal Interaction
• Collaborate with Receiving to address packing slip discrepancies and generate hot sheets.
• Support with AP (Finance) to resolve payment issues by rectifying goods receipts problems, escalating credit hold concerns, and submitting PERs (Payment Exception Requests).
• Review inter-company requests for the sale of parts and draft the request for shipment.
• Communicate with production team (FFM, Production Manager, Scheduler, Production Material Planner, Production Supervisors) of an impending line shutdown and provide shipment details.
• Collaborate with internal requests for packaging changes with electronic suppliers (reel size).
• Drive communication between Plant Purchasing and Category Purchasing Management regarding supplier escalations (shortages, tariffs, overstock, etc.).

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (Preferred emphasis in Business, Materials, or Technology) or 5 years of experience in SCM.
• 3-5 years hands on SAP experience.
• Proficient in MS-tools, specifically Excel.
• High stress environment.
• Possibility of occasional travel.
• Ability to lift 28 pounds.
• Exceptional verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• High degree of analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without employment VISA or other sponsorship.