What are the responsibilities and job description for the Buyer/Planner position at Veralto?
Imagine yourself… doing meaningful work that makes a vibrant impact on the world around you.
X-Rite Pantone, a Veralto company, provides complete end-to-end color management solutions for clients in every industry where color matters. At X-Rite Pantone, you’ll deftly blend the art and science of color to help customers inspire, select, measure, formulate, communicate, and match color so that users get color right the first time, every time. Along the way, you’ll build a vibrant career through rich skill-building opportunities, on-the-job learning, and coaching and training that supports your continued development and growth.
Your Role :
As a Buyer / Planner , you play a crucial role in ensuring smooth production operations by securing the necessary materials to meet daily customer and production demands. Your main responsibilities include utilizing and monitoring material planning procedures to maintain optimal inventory levels. This involves direct communication with external suppliers, transportation carriers, Customer Service, Engineering, Marketing, and Operations teams to ensure all current and future customer and production requirements are met efficiently.
This role is based at our global headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan , and requires onsite presence five days a week . You will report to the Direct Materials Supervisor .
In this role, a typical day will look like :
- Utilize and monitor material planning procedures to ensure consistent quality, delivery, and cost, focusing on optimal inventory levels.
- Maintain direct contact with outside suppliers, transportation carriers, customer service, and operations staff to meet / exceed customer requirements and ensure material availability.
- Review Materials Requirements Plans (MRP) diligently to identify, communicate, and close potential production gaps, and manage other tactical activities based on MRP suggestions.
- Oversee the Kanban system for purchased components, including auditing and assisting with visual management and parts presentation in physical production cells.
- Forecast monthly material requirements to vendors based on historical data and forward-looking demand to ensure material availability.
- Play a crucial role in hitting both short-term and long-term team performance targets, such as On-Time Delivery, Net Inventory, Inventory Turns, Inventory Accuracy, and Material Flows.
- Suggest and implement appropriate procurement methods (JIT, Reorder Point, Consignment, Spot Purchasing, Kanban, or Scheduled Releases) based on part characteristics, supplier, and demand to optimize material inventory levels.
- Participate in continuous improvement workshops (kaizens) to enhance safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity metrics throughout the business.
The essential requirements of the job include :
Our Benefits :
At X-Rite Pantone, a Veralto Company, we are the leader in color science and technology, offering end-to-end solutions for the selection, communication, formulation, and production of consistent and achievable color.
X-Rite Pantone is proud to be a Product Quality & Innovation company in Veralto (NYSE : VLTO). Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today. Veralto is a $5B global leader in essential technology solutions made up of over 16,000 associates across our Water Quality and Product Identification segments—all united by a powerful purpose : Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources .
US ONLY :
The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.
The compensation range for this role is $65,000 - $75,000 USD per hour. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical / dental / vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note : No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
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Veralto and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
Salary : $65,000 - $75,000
