Hours: M-F 7:00am – 3:30pm
Location: Menomonee Falls, WI
Reports To: Operations Manager
Position Summary
Buyer Planner position manages the activities throughout the organization to ensure that customer orders are scheduled, manufactured, finished, and shipped as efficiently as possible to achieve financial goals and meet customer delivery dates.
Planner/Buyer continuously monitors raw material and component invento1y levels and places purchase orders with suppliers to meet order requirements of the scheduling and production process to increase efficiency and productivity.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain positive relationships and working atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that promotes productivity, respect and collaboration among team members, management, suppliers, and customers.
- Determines, plans, schedules, coordinates, and monitors the flow of materials and products through the complete production cycle.
- Establishes the most efficient equipment to manufacture each job based on capabilities, capacities, current order demand, and the technical experience and availability of production staff.
- Creates and manages production schedules to meet delivery dates and maximize manufacturing output.
- Plans and monitors work in process according to production priorities, customer demand, and operational capabilities.
- Creates and modifies production schedule as required and communicates changes to customer service to ensure updated information is relayed to customers.
- Proactively identifies, diagnoses, and resolves bottlenecks that may result in production delays. Exercises judgment to take prompt appropriate actions.
- Creates and publishes production planning and capacity analysis repo1ts to proactively drive manufacturing efficiency and on-time delive1y. Determines corrective action if jobs don’t run as expected.
- Liaisons between production and purchasing regarding raw material requirements. Expedite supplier purchase orders as required.
- Utilizes ERP system to ensure accurate information, manufacturing instructions, tickets, and reports are issued in a timely manner to support production and meet order requirements. Create, and analyze reports regularly to make decisions around scheduling, manufacturing, finishing, and shipping.
- Creates, submits and manages purchase orders with suppliers to meet production schedule, operational and office requirements.
- Creates reports from ERP to maintain, measure and accurately report material inventory. Provides directions to management team regarding inventory levels and cost. Completes physical inventory as required and reconciles discrepancies with ERP system.
- Engages and contributes to the continuous improvement activities by participating and providing thoughtful consideration and suggestions for improvements throughout our business.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Reading comprehension skills – ability to read and understand work orders and specifications.
- Mathematical skills – ability to use a calculator and convert measurements from fractions to decimal equivalents and vice versa – quickly and accurately.
- Time Management skills – ability to meet production schedule and on-time delivery.
- Interpersonal skills – ability to interact and clearly communicate professionally with peers, management, customers, and suppliers.
- Attention to detail and a high-level of quality awareness
- Ability to create and understand production and capacity planning reports.
- Ability to multi-task, solve problems and work under pressure.
- Ability to work individually and in a team environment.
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and order workflow to maximize the effective manufacture of products.
- Adherence to all safety requirements and procedures.
- Advance knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands – While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to work using their hands. This includes lifting objects of moderate weight. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
Work Environment – While performing the duties of position the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, low risk of static shock, and wet and/or humid conditions. Individuals will come into contact with cleaning solvents at press side. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Benefits: We offer a clean, climate-controlled work environment with a competitive benefits package. Benefits include: medical, dental, vision insurance, short-term & long disability, life insurance, 401(k) PTO and eight paid holidays.
Culture: Our company culture is rooted in a customer first, employee first, collaborative team environment. We pride ourselves in a long-standing culture of approachability, teamwork, and value work/life balance.
