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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Material Acquisition (80%)
· Convert demand requirements for products and services into detailed plans and schedules for inventory acquisition.
· Enter all purchase order requirements and requests in a timely manner
· Enter approved purchase order requisitions for materials, components, equipment and other miscellaneous items needed to meet the facility needs.
· Analyze, plan, order and schedule deliveries of raw material and packaging items needed to meet the production schedules.
· Establish strategies to improve supply chain and solve shortage issues.
· Apply cost effective measures as related to support standard cost and make/buy decisions.
· Collaborate with internal commodity team to assess market conditions which may affect procurement strategies and recommend procurement and materials management strategy changes.
· Where needed, source and qualify suppliers. Collaborate with internal Quality team. Negotiate pricing using creative strategies to reduce total supply chain cost from the supplier to the consumer.
· Monitor incoming freight and handling costs for all raw materials.
· Lead raw material and packaging changes. Work cross-functionally with R&D, Quality and Production teams to coordinate transition from old to new inventories, minimizing disposal costs.
· Lead invoice reconciliation efforts as required with Accounts Payable to ensure timely payment.
· Develop and maintain professional supplier relationships while monitoring material quality non-conformance incidents and coordinating the return and credit process.
Inventory Management (20%)
· Act as a liaison between supplier, Blommer Quality and Production teams when non-conforming material is received to rectify the issue.
· Expedite orders as necessary. Identify actual and potential delivery problems and take proactive steps to mitigate. Communicate to appropriate parties.
· Identify and implement process improvements to optimize inventory on-hand and reduce non-value-added work
· Execute strategies to achieve the best results for pricing, logistics, inventory and payment terms
· Follow up on deliveries and ensure product arrives on time.
· Review production and lead-time forecasting and delivery dates.
· Monitor, analyze, and report material variances to standard cost. Interface with Finance, Manufacturing Engineering and Production to establish standard costs.
· Operate within the core values of respect and care for others.
Note: The employer reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position
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