Planner / Buyer

Review incoming customer orders and assign shipment date. Develop and implement production schedules for finished goods, subassemblies, and fabricated components. Issue purchase orders as required to ensure uninterrupted supply of purchased components and raw materials

• Review reports from material requirements planning (MRP) system. Take appropriate actions on purchase orders (PO) for raw materials and purchased parts. These actions include issuing new POs, canceling POs and expediting or delaying PO receipts. Ensure an uninterrupted supply of components and raw materials to support production

• Review new customer orders and assign shipment date. Schedule production for non-stocked items. Determine if production needs to be scheduled to maintain targeted inventory levels of stocked items. Adjust production schedules to maintain an appropriate amount of workload. Provide customer care dept. with an expected shipment date

• Create weekly final assembly schedules and review requirements for manufactured subassemblies. Schedule production of subassemblies as needed to support final assembly schedules, and to calculate lower-level components required for subassemblies

• Review requirements and create work orders for fabricated parts as required. Make certain fabricated parts are scheduled as needed to support final assembly schedules and subassemblies, which in turn are required for final assembly schedules

• Report production of items from final assembly schedules. Update inventory records, reconcile reporting discrepancies and provide information to management regarding items that are behind schedule and may affect the on-time fulfillment of customer orders

• Administrative activities, such as preparing documentation for use on the production floor. Provide formal authorization for production, including proper documentation and identification of finished goods products. Other administrative tasks include filing purchase orders, packing slips, and other paperwork for future reference and to meet regulatory requirements for recordkeeping

Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Associates degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or one year to three related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience, preferably related to production scheduling or purchasing
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, ERP, and ability to accurately enter numerical data
• APICS certification or coursework is desirable
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to write simple correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees, customers, vendors, etc.
• Must have the ability to function effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, and to complete detailed tasks quickly and accurately with frequent interruptions
• Ability to stand and walk, frequently
• Ability to talk and hear
• Clear vision at close and mid distances
• Color vision (able to distinguish colors)
• Manual dexterity to operate general office equipment, such as phone, computer, printer, scanner, copy machine and fax
• Ability to reach with hands and arms
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time
• Ability to lift up to 10 pounds