What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Buyer/Planner position at Megger?
The Vacancy
Summary Statement :
The Senior Buyer / Planner is responsible for purchasing raw materials, components, and services to meet the production and customer requirements. This role evaluates and analyzes supplier quotes, negotiates prices, maintains relationships with vendors, and ensures orders are delivered on time.
Essential Job Responsibilities :
- Source, negotiate with, and select vendors that meet Megger requirements as defined in the "Megger Standard" Supplier Requirements.
- Utilizing MRP, open order reports, sales backlog and materials guidelines, plan direct materials purchases in support of continuous production, without unplanned stoppages, and advise management of any disruptions or large deviations to plan goals.
- Lead searches, interviews and audits related to identification of new and / or alternative supplier partners, driving improvements in quality, cost, lead time, and minimum order quantities.
- Establish, review, and execute contractual agreements for the purchase of direct materials, securing approval from cost center manager as required.
- Stay current with economic, industrial, and / or other trends that affect price, quality, and availability of products.
- Maintain accurate purchase and material records in SAP, update unit cost, MOQ, and lead times as necessary.
- Review all material requisitions and consult appropriate discipline department concerning irregularities against previous history and / or current business activity.
- Maintain vendor data and performance statistics in the Megger Valley Forge Vendor Database; include PDF copies of all vendor quotes, purchase orders, and confirmations and utilize to provide input to the QA vendor rating system.
- Monitor supplier performance in terms of quality, cost, on-time delivery and customer service.
- Ensure part approvals and revision control practices are adhered to within assigned commodities.
- Attend and participate in production planning, product development, value engineering and document Change Control meetings.
- Serve as department liaison to other disciplines / departments as assigned by supervision.
- Other duties as assigned.
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