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**This is where you save and sustain lives**

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission.

**Your Role at Baxter**

Support the production of finished goods and subassemblies for a complex product line while balancing plant efficiency, sales, distribution, customer service, and optimized inventory requirements. Order material considering what is on hand, future orders, material and shipping cost, and inventory targets. In addition, responsible for Bill of Material maintenance, supplier performance measurement (Supplier scorecard), and ad-hoc reporting

**What you'll be doing**
- Develop, communicate, and execute long-term raw material (RM) and subassemblies/work-in-progress (WIP) operating plans using the established company planning processes and system (RR) to align to overall Finished Goods operating plan including plant/product line sales forecast, production, and optimized inventory targets.
- Procurement of raw material and MRO items aligned to long-term operating plan needed to meet production demands, inventory targets, and conform to company policy.
- Analyze, reconcile, and maintain code level RM/WIP inventory and establish service and optimized inventory targets to meet business objectives while maintaining production. Identify and resolve excess, slow move and obsolete finished good inventory issues.
- Plan raw material for daily production schedule to establish sequence and lead-time of each workflow operation aligned to Master Production Schedule to meet shipping date according to sales forecast, customer orders, and, production efficiency, and optimized inventory targets.
- Expedite operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
- Partner with plant and stakeholders to analyze, identify, document, and drive inventory optimization and process improvement initiatives to minimize inventory and improve efficiency.
- Partner with plant and stakeholders to plan and execute projects and initiatives while minimizing impact to production and raw material and WIP inventory (i.e., label changes, raw material changes, supplier changes, process improvements, engineering projects, etc.)
- Support warehouse team to receive in shipments, monitor the movement from unrelease to release to ensure material availability for the Operation
- Process Bill of Material maintenance in PRMS and planning system (RR)
- Perform as key team player in the implementation of inventory and production planning systems.

**What you'll bring**
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 1+ years purchasing operational experience required.
- Experience in the medical industry desired.
- Knowledge of procurement practices and techniques preferred. C.P.M. and/or CPIM certification desirable.
- Comprehension of materials and other procurement, supply chain systems preferred.
- Knowledge of Total Quality Management desired.
- Ability to operate in the complex, global matrix environment.
- Requires strong leadership and teamwork skills.
- Project management experience and strong organizational skills.
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Current US Customs knowledge.
- Strong PC computer skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, etc).
- Works under time constraints that require creative thinking and ability to work under pressure.
- Comprehension of JDE, Rapid Response, and ERP systems and its operating environment.

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**Equal Employment Opportunity**

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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