Maintenance Purchaser/Planner

3 days ago

East Earl, Pennsylvania, United States PrimeSource Building Products Full time

Maintenance Purchaser/Planner

Qualifications

JOB DESCRIPTION

Maintenance Purchaser/Planner

The maintenance purchaser/planner will be responsible for sourcing equipment, goods, and services and managing vendors. They will also be responsible for planning maintenance work on the assets throughout the facility. The successful candidate will be able to perform strategic procurement activities across multiple categories of spend and search for the best supplier programs. This position is responsible for developing profitable purchasing strategies, assessing supplier profiles, analyzing offers, preparing and implementing negotiation tactics, and partnering with the production control department to obtain machine availability for maintenance functions.

Status: Salaried Exempt

Position Type: Full-time

Hours: 40-45 hrs.

Schedule: M-F

Reports to: KFR Plant Engineering Manager

Key Roles

  • Develop lean purchasing strategies and SOPs.
  • Training associates in purchasing SOPs.
  • Seek and partner with reliable suppliers.
  • Determine quantity and timing of deliveries.
  • Prepare and implement effective negotiation tactics.
  • Manage relationships with key suppliers to maintain quality of goods, timely delivery, compliance to terms of contracts, and resolution of performance issues.
  • Review supplies to ensure quality.
  • Monitor stock inventory levels.
  • Drive, track, and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses, improve reliability, and improve effectiveness.
  • Keep updated records.
  • Attend events, fairs, and exhibitions to keep abreast of the market's trends.
  • Support the purchasing team.
  • Support the maintenance team.
  • Monitor and adjust the spare parts inventory to support the reliability of the assets.
  • Perform cycle counts.
  • Develop and audit the factory's ODR (Operator Driven Reliability) boards.
  • Create, optimize, and audit PMs.
  • Determine estimated labor hours, tools, and resources required to complete work orders.
  • Manage outside contractor support.
  • Analyze data from CMMS for asset decision-making.
  • Analyze contracts for services.
  • Liaison between maintenance and production control

Required Competencies

  • Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively across multiple departments.
  • Strong analytical capabilities
  • Effective problem-solving and decision-making.
  • Team-focused, committed to improving, and motivated to collaborate with others
  • Good communication skills; written, phone, and in-person
  • Able to initiate and maintain processes for organization and time management.
  • Able to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
  • Experience in shipping/receiving/warehousing processes.
  • Proficient with computers, email, and business software
  • Ability to cross-reference and substitute replacement parts as needed.
  • Strong maintenance knowledge and skills.
  • Leadership traits
  • Relationship building.
  • Takes initiative to self-develop in skills and character.
  • Understands and promotes company culture, company values, and lean thinking.

Essential Functions

  • Lifting up to 50 lbs.
  • Regularly using hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
  • Regularly standing, talking, and hearing.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in a manufacturing setting.  May be subject to the current local weather conditions. 

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