Buyer/Planner

Job description

In a nutshell

Location

San Diego - CA, US

Team

Procurement

Experience

0-2 years

Degree

Bachelor

Job Category

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Travel

10%

Introduction to the job

Ensures timely and effective purchasing and planning, to meet customer delivery dates, service requirements and inventory goals. Responsible for executing to a MRP plan, analyzing requirements, and mitigating material shortage impacts. Drives daily production efficiencies by releasing purchase orders based on MRP requirements. Assists with expediting material needed to support operations. Coordinates and/or monitors the receipt of materials. Issues purchase orders for material and/or services and ensures on time delivery from suppliers with acceptable quality. Analyzes and executes MRP planned supply messages to maximize the use of reclaimed material supply while minimizing new material expenditures for these components. Aligns with AP to resolve supplier invoice and payment issues. Coordinates with warehouse personnel to correct receiving discrepancies.

This position may require access to controlled technology, as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require the Company to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Role and responsibilities

* Plans, issues and controls purchase orders and coordinates material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production requirements.
* Communicates and/or assists in negotiating with suppliers regarding forecasts, engineering change notices, schedule changes, discrepant material issues, and delivery schedules.
* Attains quotes, considers bids, and makes awards.
* Monitors the supply base performance to assure excellence and quality of the product and product components.
* Monitors raw material inventory for financial tracking purposes and in support of company goals.
* Resolves a range of issues in practical ways and assists in making recommendations for policy/process action in order to monitor and expedite open orders, report on supply base performance, react to change orders, and plan and review the impact to the material availability.
* Reviews MRP planned requirements and implements supply plan for all reclaimed material components.
* Maintains Oracle ASL and Sourcing Rules as it relates to reclaimed material supply requirements.
* Assists in recommending forecast adjustments based on actual performance.
* Assists with cycle count reconciliation.
* Coordinates purchase orders to satisfy the manufacturing demand when reclaim supply is not sufficient to meet material requirements.
* Maintains metrics to measure supplier performance, i.e., on time delivery, cost reduction, cost avoidance etc.
* Collaborates with manager on various projects such as cost target planning, supplier qualification and assessment out sourcing sub- assemblies, inventory model planning, and resulting execution to plan.
* Keeps in mind cost reductions and cost targets of assigned materials.
* Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and experience

* Requires a Bachelor's Degree.
* Minimum 2 of Years of relevant experience.
* Knowledge of the technical features of MRP, purchased products, and components.
* Knowledge and understanding of theories of MRP, JIT, Kanban, and Lean Manufacturing.
* APICS or NAPM certification a plus.
* Experience using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as Oracle.
* Experience using product configuration management software such as Agile is preferred.

Skills

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you'll always have new challenges and new problems to solve - and working together is the only way to do that. You won't work in a silo. Instead, you'll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you'll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You'll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

To thrive in this job, you'll need the following skills:

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to translate, statistically analyze data, and effectively report problems through written and/or graphical formats.
* Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction through prioritization, quality, efficiency and professionalism.
* Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
* Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads.
* Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability.
* Identifies bottlenecks and drives improvements.
* Work independently or as part of a team and follow through on assignments with minimal supervision.
* Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional communication.
* Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with co-workers and customer.
* Work according to a strict set of procedures within the provided timelines.

Diversity & Inclusion

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

EOE AA M/F/Veteran/Disability

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