Buyer/Material Planner

Overview

Join Filtration Group and experience a culture of Trust, Bias for Action and Entrepreneurial spirit! This full-time position will be a key contributor to Filtration Group’s Procurement & Supply Chain Department and ideal for those who want to start their careers with an organization that’s passionate about making the world safer, healthier, and more productive! This is an excellent opportunity for new college grads or those looking to strengthen their procurement skills!

Who You Are

• Results driven with a bias for action.
• Comfortable and eager to work with various teams across our facilities.
• Desire to hit goals while having FUN!
• Passion to learn!
  
  

Responsibilities

About the Role:

Primary duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Review requisitions and execute planned orders for materials.
• Build rapport and hold suppliers accountable to maintain strong and dependable relationships focused on service, delivery and cost
• Identify alternative suppliers if needed and negotiate most favorable total cost of ownership
• Monitor material or finished good shortages and expedite as necessary.
• Plan, process, and maintain purchase orders to meet business requirements.
• Follow up on open orders and ensure on time delivery.
• Record and track supplier non-conformance.
• Process returns for non-conforming materials and expedite replacements as necessary.
• Work with suppliers to improve price, lead time, terms services and improve cash conversion cycles.
• Set up part numbers for purchased items as needed, including pricing, costing, lead time, supplier and MRP planning information.
• Verify and approve invoices. Resolve any invoice discrepancies with the accounts payable team.
• Investigate and provide accurate responses to inquiries.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

Skills and Experience:

• Able to speak, read and write in English.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 2 years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment
• 2 years of MRP experience
• 2 years of supplier negotiation experience
• Strong computer skills including MS Office/Excel
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to work independently.
  
  

More About Filtration Group

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. Filtration Group has the broadest portfolio of solutions in the industry and has had a particular focus on building a leading platform of solutions focused on the Life Sciences and Indoor Air Quality end markets which are rapidly growing in the current market environment. Filtration Group produces mission critical products with high replacement rates. Over 80 percent of the Company’s revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer’s products or processes. With revenues over $2 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world and has a global footprint of 141 facilities in 28 countries. Filtration Group has over 10,000 employees who are united in their Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive.