What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer Planner position at Confidential Jobs?
Overview:
Responsible for processing purchase orders, negotiating with suppliers, tracking orders, maintaining the required inventory, and ensuring the supplier quality.
Responsibilities:
- Support operations through procurement of materials for production
- Monitor inventory levels to ensure materials are available to support production schedule and place purchase orders as needed.
- Work directly with our facilities to issue purchase orders that drive production scheduling
- Coordinate direct shipments from our facilities to customers
- Create and track PO’s to make sure it’s arrived. If not, follow up with vendor. Determine when a new order needs to be placed.
- Maintain records. Attaching documents to PO’s. Ensure samples were received by the correct person so invoice can be paid.
- Build relationships with vendors to ensure product is going to be on time and if not have an ETA for arrival.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years of experience in buying, and/or planning
- Excellent communication, problem solving skills, strong knowledge of purchasing principles and procedures,
- Proficiency in Microsoft office suite (Excel, Word)
- Strong organizational and time management skills
Prior experience to work with Asia region suppliers a plus
Salary : $60,000 - $65,000
