Purchasing Buyer

1 week ago

fort wayne, United States Russell Tobin Full time

Job Title: Global Purchasing Material Planner

Location: Fort Wayne, IN 46802 (HYBRID)

Job Pay Rate: $30 - 30.18/hour on W2

Job Type: Contract role

Shift: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm


Job Description:

Supports acquisition and sourcing of materials and resources required for the company for direct and/or indirect material including assisting with contracts (LTA) and order creation.

Job Specific Requirements

Seeking a self-motivated, self-driven, and experienced Global Purchasing Material Planner for the Control Box Division.

Our Global Purchasing Material Planners are the drivers behind our continued growth and success.

With our commitment to innovation, it’s our material planners who seek out, develop, and help implement strategic initiatives for improved efficiency and productivity.

Our ideal candidate is a detail-oriented planner, self-motivated problem solver, expert communicator, and top-notch MRP analyst with great decision-making skills.

Partner with other stakeholder teams across business units (i.e., sales, scheduling, production, customer service, quality, expeditors, global sourcing, finance, shipping/receiving, and engineering to develop necessary analysis and documentation in a collaborative way, communicating effectively and efficiently with each team.

Manage the supply chain for assigned commodities. The employee will plan, analyze, procure, and expedite components utilizing accurate purchase order/schedule agreement placement to meet sales demands, monitor and maintain acceptable inventory levels, and achieve on-time deliveries to meet our customer's production schedules.

Analyze the MRP for inventory control to ensure material arrives on time for production while not exceeding monthly inventory dollar goal initiatives, including but not limited to running specialized reports to manage inventory.

Analyze the SAP system daily to ensure our goal of 100% supplier on-time-delivery is met through sending open order reports to the suppliers and meeting weekly with to confirm orders will arrive on time, as well as demonstrate the ability to use business judgment to resolve problems to get to root cause analysis.

The Global Purchasing Material Planner will also resolve daily Accounts Payable rejections to ensure on time payments to suppliers.

The Global Purchasing Material Planner will work closely with the Quality Department on supplier quality issues and ensure defective material is returned to the supplier for credit.

Assist management for assigned projects as needed.

Bachelor’s Degree with 3+ years’ experience as a Buyer/Materials Planner with Accounts - Payable resolution experience.

Associate degree with 5+ years’ experience as a Buyer/Materials Planner with Accounts Payable resolution experience.

HS degree with 7+ years’ experience.

SAP experience preferred, but not required.

Accounts Payable invoice resolution experience required.

Expert knowledge of MRP

Excellent decision-making capabilities

Problem solving skills.

Strong communication skills

Must have attention to detail, be very organized, and thrive in a fast-paced work environment.

Must possess a strong work ethic, ability to overcome challenges, and a willingness to learn new systems.

Must be self-motivated and focused on results.

Must have strong inventory management skills.

Moderate to expert skill with Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Excel V Lookups and Pivot tables

Ability to work in a team environment as well as work independently.

Must be able to read and interpret drawings.


“Russell Tobin offers eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.”

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