Planner/Buyer

Planner/Buyer The Planner/Buyer is responsible for controlling the material requirements, schedules, and shop orders for their assigned value streams.
With little or minimal supervision, this position will ensure proper raw material and finished goods inventory levels to meet daily and forecasted sales requirements.
Will help drive the company’s lead-time and cost reduction goals through supplier management and job planning activities.
Essential Functions: · Assembles shop order packets to include BOMs, manufacturing routings, engineering prints and special instructions.
· Creates, expedites, closes and reconciles shop orders.
· Runs and analyzes Material Requirement Planning (MRP) reports daily and issues production schedule to department leaders, based on customer requirements.
· Responsible to establish and adjust lot sizes for optimal production on manufactured parts.
· Works closely with department leaders to ensure appropriate staffing to run at maximum capacity level · Proactively communicates with sales and customer service in responding to sales inquiries on order status or at-risk late shipments.
· Performs robust analysis of sales forecasts and past usage trends to determine proper raw material requirements.
· Ensures raw material inventories are available to support production requirements, minimize loss and meet inventory turn goals.
· Proactively drives and leads activities in Lean and Continuous Improvement to support inventory reduction and cost savings initiatives.
· Place and process new purchase orders for maintenance, repair, operations (MRO) and raw materials to meet customer order requirements.
· Coordinates with Quality on handling and resolving purchased part or contract machining non-conformances.
· Develops, maintains and monitors supplier performance and takes appropriate action as required.
· Accepts and supports the Quality System and Safety policies and procedures.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: · Possess strong verbal and written communication skills · Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite, including solid Excel skills · Proficient with ERP systems · Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing requirements, schedules and priorities · Possess strong analytical, problem solving and organization skills · Ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization · Ability to manage multiple and at times competing priorities Required Qualifications: · Bachelor’s Degree in Operations, Business or other related field from an accredited school · Minimum 5 years related production control / scheduling/planning experience in a manufacturing environment · Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems Preferred Qualifications: · Prior purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment · APICS, CPIM, CPP or similar certification · Experience using Epicor or other MRP programs · Lean or other Continuous Improvement methodologies strongly preferred · ISO experience Physical | Visual Demands: Weight amount that would need to be lifted, pushed or pulled: Up to 25 pounds Sit, Stand, Walk Talk/Hear, Use Hands, Stoop/Kneel/Crouch or Crawl, Reach with Hands and Arms, (Percentage of Day = 100%) No special vision requirements except for personal safety within the office and manufacturing environment Work Environment: Moderate (Examples: business office with computer printers, light traffic, and manufacturing noise) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work Location: 210 Business Park Drive, Sun Prairie Shift/Hours/Days: 1st Shift, 8:00 a.
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to 5:00 p.
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, Monday to Friday Benefits Package: Health, Dental and Vision Insurance Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability Insurance Life Insurance Critical Illness Insurance Prescription Drug Benefits 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan 10 Paid Holidays Open PTO FSA (Health and/or Dependent Flexible Spending Account) Participation in quarterly One Fisher Barton bonus program And more! Who we are: At Fisher Barton, we combine years of experience across multiple industries to deliver unparalleled innovation.
Our world-class talent understands the behavior of materials and develops leading-edge solutions that meet your unique needs.
We’re more than a source for high-quality parts; Fisher Barton is your resource for the highest quality solutions you’ll find—anywhere.
Fisher Barton is an equal opportunity employer who welcome and encourages diversity in our workforce.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to any status or characteristic protected by law.