Buyer/Planner
Sligo
Permanent
Buyer / Planner
Reporting to the Planning and Purchasing Manager, your key responsibilities will include:
Reporting to the Planning and Purchasing Manager, your key responsibilities will include:
- Responsibility for MPS & MRP for raw material, intermediate and finished goods.
- Manage the Purchasing function to ensure material supply in line with plant schedules.
- Co-ordinate the purchasing process and work with NPI activities.
- BOM / Item Master Management.
- CRM and primary point of contact for distribution centre.
- Scenario planning.
- Co-ordinate materials aspect for NPI’s.
- Work with Supply chain members to meet target performance on KPI`s.
- Inventory Management and Control.
- Liaise with transportation companies regarding deliveries.
- Schedule deliveries within warehouse capacities.
- Project implementation in line with specific goals.
- The position will require communication with the following:
- Contacts with all levels of management within the plant.
- Contacts with personnel in other affiliates especially in planning shipping/distribution/marketing.
- Co-ordinate purchased materials to support production and meet product cost within the framework of Code of Business and applicable laws.
- Co-ordinate purchase of non-inventory items required to meet plant operation at lowest total cost of ownership levels.
- No supervisory duties are associated with this position.
- Certificate/Diploma/Degree in a related discipline, or IPICS / IIPMM. Appropriate qualification in either Purchasing/ Production Planning e.g. Diploma in Purchasing or relevant APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) examinations.