Buyer Planner - Wood Dale, IL

Who We Are!

Videojet Technologies is a world-leader in the product identification market, providing in-line printing, coding, and marking products, application specific fluids, and product life cycle services. We partner with customers in the consumer-packaged goods, pharmaceutical, and industrial goods industries to improve their efficiency, to protect and grow their brands, and to stay ahead of industry trends and regulations. We provide technology leadership in continuous ink jet (CIJ), thermal ink jet (TIJ), laser marking, thermal transfer overprinting (TTO), case coding and labeling, and wide array printing,

What We Value

We believe that real breakthroughs come from teams that think big and respect each other’s differences – different ideas, different perspectives, and different experiences. We encourage all voices to be heard, both internally as we collaborate and externally as we listen to our customers’ most pressing needs. And we would love to have you on this journey with us! Apply today.

Our ideal Buyer Planner will

Be responsible for identifying and maintaining the appropriate planning parameters in ERP systems to optimize subassembly production and raw material supply plans.

Perform material requirements planning through high interaction/coordination with manufacturing personnel and external suppliers’ extension, inventory reduction, lead time reduction, Consignment and 3PL.

Driving forward our Lean Conversion by implementing consignment, Kanban, just-in-time, postponement, and other materials strategies to reduce inventory while growing delivery.

Provide materials support by coordinating and scheduling material purchase orders based on Kanban requirements and evaluation of reports.

Optimally manage material requirement changes resulting from Engineering Change Notifications (ECNs), product End of Life (EOL) or Support (EOS).

Interact with sourcing team (Global Procurement) to ensure standard methodologies and greatest use in procurement, low-cost region sourcing, supplier assessment and management.

Owning Daily Management process by taking full ownership of exceeding delivery and inventory targets.

Provide support to the manufacturing line by resolving all material issues in a timely manner and collaborating with materials group, customer service, quality, and suppliers to ensure all customer needs are met or exceeded.

Improve supplier fill rates, quality, lead times to fit product mix and needs while supervising and tracking supplier’s delivery performance. Drive supply base consolidation.

Identify and countermeasure root cause of issue using problem solving process.

Build, implement, and sustain replenishment plan for each part.

Critical Success Factors for the Ideal Candidate Profile are:

• A flexible and creative professional style with a knack for establishing relationships, influencing, and challenging the status quo.
• Proactive and strategic problem solver who first understands business and associate needs and is then keen to bring forward and test new insights and industry-leading practices to bring a better communications experience to our associates.
• Customer facing, teammate who seeks feedback to continuously improve programs.
• Excellent listening skills and ability to understand and interpret business needs to define communication requirements for a variety of audiences.
• Must have well developed executive presence; ability to lead and run project teams with a range of experience and skills and engage at the highest executive level in Veralto.

Your Education and/or Background Experience will have:

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience in commodity leadership, purchasing and/or project management, Manufacturing Engineer or Design Project Engineer
• Bachelor’s degree / foreign equivalent degree in Supply Chain or related field.
• Shown succes in Working Capital (inventory, terms) and Lead time initiatives.
• Skills such as PFEP, Kanban, Root cause analysis etc, preferred.
• Broad Supply Chain and data analytics.
• Previous experience leading sourcing workshops and/or Kaizen events.
• Previous leadership and facilitation experience.
• International experience desirable.
• Lean manufacturing experience preferred.

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.

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.

US residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

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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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@veralto.com to request accommodation.

Unsolicited Assistance

We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at any of the Veralto companies, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Veralto and its companies. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Veralto and its companies because of the unsolicited referral.