Related tasks:

• Plans for and procures materials necessary to meet manufacturing build requirements for one or several product lines.
• Reviews forecasted requirements and purchases materials in accordance with that forecast.
• Ensures materials are available to meet manufacturing build requirements.
• Matches material requirements and inventory turnover so as not to hold too high of a percentage of inventory at any time.
• Qualifies new suppliers through surveys and site visits.
• Helps establish new supplier accounts with the finance department.
• Works with internal customers to address, return and receive credit for defective materials.
• Plans and schedules timely material requirements for customer forecasts.
• Reviews manufacturing production goals and plans accordingly.
• Analyze inputs (e.g., capacity, board cycle times, urgency of request, material availability, etc.) to help determine the schedule.
• Analyzes internal impact (e.g., line scheduling, procurement, logistics, shipping, etc.) of customer scheduling.
• Pushes or cancels orders per production plans.
• Ensures quality and integrity of information used to generate materials requirements plan.
• Revises plans as required based on analysis of actuals versus plan.
• Acts as a customer liaison with new product introduction.
• Introduces the new product through manufacturing to shipping per customer requirements.
• Attends weekly change meetings with the customer.
• Reviews and submits new costs associated with new engineering requirements.

• Knowledge of the manufacturing environment, the types of materials being purchased by departments, and the engineering change process is preferred.
• Basic knowledge of production planning fundamentals, scheduling, materials requirements planning techniques, and manufacturing control systems.
• Knowledge of procurement processes, inventory management, and supplier management
• Knowledge of basic computer applications such as WORD, Excel, PowerPoint, and multiple business applications.
• Ability to plan strategically for the coordinated build and delivery of one or several products.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.