Company Description
Current (formerly GE Current, a Daintree Company) has unveiled a new brand identity following the historic acquisition of Hubbell's Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Lighting business. The enterprise brand unites the companies under a single identity with one purpose: To deliver the innovation customers require, with solutions that create inspiring, efficient and safe environments. Current products dramatically improve lighting quality, reduce energy demand to support cleaner air, and have become synonymous with reimagined physical spaces. The history of the company demonstrates decades of trusted quality and reliability. Current's portfolio includes 35 industry-leading product brands each offer a unique value proposition. Primary office locations are Cleveland, OH and Greenville, SC, with centers of expertise locations in Austin, TX, Rolling Meadows, IL and Quebec, Canada. Manufacturing operations reside in Hendersonville, NC, Pittsburgh, PA, Plympton, MA, Christiansburg, VA, Acuna, MX and Tijuana, MX.
**Job Description**:
**Goals & Objectives**
- On-Time-Delivery of materials/ components for production line and sub-contractors
- Inventory Management
- Exception Messages monitoring and actioning.
**Essential Responsibilities**
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Procurement
- Follow and analyze the MRP request daily (Purchase request and MRP Exception messages)
- Track deliveries (from the vendor until the deliveries into the factory or sub-contractors)
- Plan & program in details components schedules.
- Release on time Purchase Orders according MRP
- Get the PO acknowledgement from suppliers and confirm registering it in SAP/use ARIBA
- Follow and control one time delivery of components thru SAP.
- Analyze risk of on-time-delivery and verify them, alert management when needed.
- Challenge suppliers with recovery actions plan when needed.
- Be reactive on non-conformities management, work closely with short term and quality departments.
- Develop tools to control quantities of purchase request, planned late deliveries to expedite & stock management.
- Optimize stock of his purchase orders backlog.
- Update and maintain delivery dates and statistical dates on PO's.
- Initiate and manage continuous improvement projects in a cross functional organization : MRP configuration, material flow, non-conformity management, etc.
- All of these tasks should comply with legal & Current policies in place.
- Lead closure Invoices blocking points (A/P)
- Manage vendors inventory processes.
- Manage LTP and work with sourcing to secure vendor capacity and inventory level
**Qualifications**:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering or equivalent
- 2 years or more on materials, buyer or purchasing experience.
- SAP ERP knowledge.
- Extensive experience in procurement / planning or sourcing in an organization using Lean/Kaizen tools
- MRP management and LTP process knowledge.
**Desired Characteristics**
Technical skills
- MRP and planning (advanced level)
- Supply chain management : manufacturing, sourcing, logistics
- Advanced knowledge in Lean Manufacturing/Kaizen activities
- Master in Excel (VBA would be a plus)
Behavioral competencies
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Communication
- Resist to stress and able to perform under pressure/against tight deadlines
- Negotiation
- Good analytical skills
- Able to propose recovery plan, autonomous
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