Production Buyer

Responsibilities

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• Communicate and coordinate with factory teams to ensure continuous supply of products, meeting quality and delivery standards.

• Resolve any vendor line-stopping issues.

• Driving forward our Lean culture by implementing consignment, Kanban, just-in-time, postponement, and other materials strategies to reduce inventory while maintaining inventory availability.

• Develop action plans and countermeasures with schedulers, development, and factory teams for inventory control.

• Work closely with the Strategic Sourcing Team to ensure low-cost regional sourcing, supplier assessment & management.

• Participate and initiate continuous improvement using appropriate FBS (Fortive Business System) tools.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with the New Product Introduction team to ensure the successful launch of new products from engineering design to production in the factory.

• May coordinate and supervise the integration of new production cells from one location to another.

• Establish and maintain standard work and/or consistent training in the materials team.

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or similar

• Proven track record in tackling complex problems related to inventory control

• Must be proficient in Excel

• Self-starter who seeks out ways to improve processes before being asked

• Ability to be effective in a fast-paced, metric-driven environment

• 1-4 years of progressive experience in planning, purchasing, and inventory control within a lean manufacturing environment.

• Good time management and organizational skills

·The ability to prioritize and balance multiple projects at once.

• Excellent verbal and written communication