**The Company**:
Our technologies are shaping the production and people-related ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous — ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.
Hexagon's Mining division solves surface and underground mine challenges with proven technologies for planning, operations, and safety.
**Purpose of Position**:
The senior Buyer/Planner has the primary responsibility of ensuring material availability to support business demand.
Other responsibilities include managing inventory levels, supporting material/product level revisions, interacting/coordinating with suppliers on a variety of topics, identifying and implementing cost reduction opportunities and supporting other business functions as required.
**Major Areas of Responsibility**:
- Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication and mitigation of future potential problems
- Expedite or defer orders as required based on schedule/inventory changes
- Determine and establish optimal inventory levels based on forecast, demand variation and material lead times
- Coordinate material flows throughout product/BOM changes, obsolescence, and the introduction of new suppliers and/or materials due to new product development
- Manage and resolve issues regarding PO to invoice discrepancies, returns and quality problems with suppliers
- Provide back-up support for supply chain functions including shipping, receiving, material handling and other duties as assigned
- Setup & maintain material master system planning parameters (MOQ, lead time, safety stocks)
- Collaborate with internal customers and provide a high level of customer service, including recommending solutions, resources, and alternative supply options
- Ensure and promote compliance to Company and Procurement policies and procedures
**Knowledge and Experience - Required**:
- Bachelor's degree in either: Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial or systems engineering, Other Engineering and/or Business fields.
- 4 to 6 years of experience operating in a Manufacturing environment within Materials, Purchasing, Procurement or Finance areas.
- 4 to 6 years of experience using ERP systems.
(i.e.
SAP, Oracle, JDEduards, MSDynamics, or Similar).
- Ability to speak and communicate proficiently in English language
**Knowledge and Experience - Desired**:
- Proficient at using MS excel (Ability to use Pivot Tables, Index, Queries, etc.)
- MS in Industrial Engineering or Supply Chain or Engineering Management or MBA
- 3 years hand-on experience working with SAP ERP system.
- APICS Certified
**Travel**:
- Travel requirements < 15% of the time.
**Additional Information**:
- Working remotely is permitted for this role.
Percentage of time will be determined at the discretion of area supervisor/manager/director.
**Benefits**:
Hexagon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We prohibit discrimination against any job applicant based on protected characteristics.