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locationsLivermore, CA time typeFull time posted onPosted 30+ Days Ago job requisition idJR101782 Topcon Positioning Group is headquartered in Livermore, California, USA (topconpositioning.com). Topcon Positioning Group designs, manufactures and distributes precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, BIM, mapping and GIS, asset management and mobile control markets.

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* Negotiate and manage suppliers to obtain product information in the areas of price, availability, and delivery schedule.

* Work with Supply Chain Management to evaluate and select suppliers for new projects

* Provide support for internal customers, i.e., Engineering/Project Management/Supply Chain

* Understand and utilize MRP planning and inventory management skills

* Create and maintain accurate POs to suppliers to meet project timeline for prototype, Preproduction and production builds. Expedite as needed.

* Plan, schedule and monitor movement of materials through their lifecycle (i.e. development, prototype, production)

* Various small projects.

****Education & Experience****

**Education & Experience:**

* Bachelors degree or equivalent experience

* Minimum of 3 years experience within manufacturing planning, procurement and relevant Supply Chain Management activities.

* Minimum of 2 years experience with SAP or Oracle

* Minimum of 2 years experience with item and bill of material (BOM) creation and management.

* 2 years experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system like Arena, Agile or SAP

****Knowledge, Skills & Attributes****

* Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills

* Strong communication and interpersonal skills

* Ability to work across various functions, roles, organizations and cultures

* Accountability, self-motivation and follow through to ensure work is properly supporting the goals of the Engineering, Project Management, and SCM teams

* Proficient with MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook).