What You'll Do
- This individual will be responsible for collaborating with a cross-functional set of stakeholders across the business, to drive improvements in operational buyers roles across the CoE.
- Communicates and coordinates with network schedulers for plan and execution updates.
- Understands material requirements and processes requisitions to provide POs to suppliers.
- Works closely with suppliers to ensure on time delivery of material to plant.
- Executes exception messages (postponement/anticipation/cancellation of orders) and manage internal escalations.
- Monitor KPI of internal teams and provide plan of action to mitigate the risk and stop gaps.
- Resolving internal discrepancies with operations and external issues with suppliers (e.g. delivery issues, claims, quality issues etc.)
- Works closely with logistics partners and suppliers for material delivery as per incoterms
- Evaluates and monitors supply performance (SOTD) and works with suppliers and category managers to implement corrective/preventive actions for on time performance improvement.
- Supplier invoice management and support in resolution of holds for timely payments.
- Maintains inventory levels of materials in accordance with the objectives set and works with inputs from inventory analysts and network schedulers for optimized inventory level.
- Coordinates with Supplier Quality and suppliers for RMA of defective parts and related reverse logistics
- Works with Engineering, Products Managers and CMs for phase-in/out(ECN mgmt.)
- Maintains relevant purchasing data (specific to Price through SPIR policy) and other purchasing data (e.g., unit price change, supplier lead time, MOQ, MOV, single/dual sourced, and so on) in collaboration with Data Health and Commodity team
- Utilizes all digital tools available for SCM for maximized efficiency.
- Resolve DC /Plant Putaway Issues.
Qualifications
Engineering Graduate with Master's degree (Preferably into Materials / Production / Operations Management)
6+ years experience in material planning
Skills
Supply Chain Management / Materials managementExcellent communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills necessary to converse with diverse group of stakeholders including senior management, operations and Supply Chain Management personnel
Purchasing Excellence
- Use purchasing expertise to drive purchasing metric improvements
- Help standardize best practices across sites
- Collaborate with materials management and buying teams to update LTs and stocking levels to ensure uninterrupted supply
- Over buy under buy analysis ensuring any excess inventory
- Knowledge on Master data management or ERP Health
