Buyer Planner

**Responsibilities**:- Will analyze component requirements through current MRP system.- Placing and management of purchase orders with suppliers assigned.- To ensure that the delivery of materials meets Production Schedule requirements.- Works with suppliers for any supplier delivery issues and to ensure on time delivery of its orders.- Works with Supplier Quality Engineering for management, sorting, reworking and replacement of materials for quality rejections as needed.- Manages Engineering Changes implementation on components.- Works with suppliers and on the implementation of pull systems.- Set inventory goals for each component and supplier and meets these goal s to guarantee supply but avoid excess.- Work with different levels on the organization to measure and improve metrics with the supplier bases**Basic Qualifications**- Bachelor Degree Preferred.- English, Spanish fluency 90%.- MS Office knowledge and proficiency in MS Excel.- 4 years' minimum purchasing and expediting experience with ERP system- Knowledge of JIT, KANBAN and other pull systems.**Required CompetenciesCollaborates (6) Builds partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectivesAction Oriented (2) Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.Strategic Mindset (33) Sees ahead future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies, anticipates future trends and implications accurately.Communicates Effectively (7) Is effective in a variety of communication settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, or among diverse styles and position levels.