What are the responsibilities and job description for the BUYER PLANNER position at BioFire Diagnostics, LLC.?
Position Summary :
Plans industrial capacities for semi-finished goods (SFG) and finished goods (FG) and / or procures raw material (RM) and components in order to meet Customer Service Requirements, planned inventory levels and scrap targets.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Understands current demands and updates relevant items and planning parameters within SAP / DDMRP (and other IS if applicable).
- Analyzes commercial and non-commercial demand for RM and / or SFG and FG, on firm and planned horizons, including products during their phase IN and phase OUT stages.
- Determines all manufacturing capacities (production bottlenecks, QC, critical suppliers), identifies, addresses and communicates gaps within the Supply & Operations Planning process.
- Determines and shares monthly and weekly production schedules, issues procurement orders and effectively liaises with suppliers to ensure conformance to plan.
- Follows up manufacturing daily activities and anticipates Customer back orders; identifies and addresses gaps to plan and reschedules accordingly.
- Maintains current knowledge of business practices. Adopts and shares planning best practices
Education, Skills, & Experience :
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