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Waukesha, WI - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

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Description

Responsible for all day to day buying and planning activities focused on the procurement and delivery of assigned material. In this role you will use your experience and expertise to partner with suppliers to develop and execute priorities in line with shortterm and longterm business goals. A key element of this position will be to provide functional support to internal customers ensure business strategies are followed through working closely with your assigned commodities and supplier base to ensure customer orders are delivered on time are of high quality and optimal cost to the business. In addition this role will be expected to provide guidance support and leadership to planning team members fostering a collaborative and high performance environment. This is a crossfunctional role that utilizes functional expertise analytical thinking and the ability to adapt and prioritize quickly.
Primary Responsibilities:
  • Translate Service and New Unit demand into supply requirements to meet customer demand and inventory goals for the Waukesha business unit.
  • Expedite and prioritize supply chain and logistics to meet standard emergency and short cycle customer demands
  • Collaboration with SIOP to help analyze identify and action concerns in our demand signals.
  • Interface and own timely updates to internal customers to expedite and resolve customer issues
  • Ability to manage a high volume of purchase orders across multiple supply chains to ensure on time delivery
  • Monitor material inputs to ensure the proper inventory levels across multisite locations balance the material supply & inventory replenishment
  • Work crossfunctionally with purchasing/sourcing functions to ensure parts with upcoming demands are sourced in a timely manner to meet production/service needs.
  • Mitigate and minimize additional costs including; premium transportation requests expediting fees and other expenses with suppliers
  • Supportskey planning inputs into ERP including lead times mins/maxs fixed order and fixed lot multiplier quantities days of supply etc.
  • Assist the Buyers in resolving accounts Payable and invoice hold issues
  • Manage supplier updates in ERP to ensure that they are uptodate and of qualitative value to our internal customers
  • Support supplier performance initiatives and drive resolution on performance issues by understanding supplier capacities & capabilities
  • Drive Lean process improvements to mitigate and reduce fulfillment risk caused by both internal and external issues
  • Support key business initiatives through continuous improvement projects
  • Support system testing related to functional responsibilities (ERP SupplyON Windchill PLM etc.
  • Drive SupplyONadoption with suppliers
  • Contribute to projects as a team member/and or team leader.
  • Work closely with other sourcing functions to ensure that sourcing goals are met for fulfillment cost and quality
  • Lead and manage a team of planners to ensure the effective of planning projects and initiatives
  • Oversee the development and implementation of planning strategies ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives
  • Coordinate and prioritize planning tasks within the team
  • Monitor team performance providing regular feedback and identifying opportunities for development and training
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams to align planning activities with broader organizational strategies and operations
  • Develop and maintain effective communication channels with the planning team and across other departments.
  • Coordinate with management staff to effectively allocate resources to balance workload distribution across the planning team
  • Willingness to take on the most effective role.
Technical Qualifications/Requirements:
  • Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college Diploma with supply chain focus or related field (or 6 years of comparable industry experience)
  • Working knowledge of Material Requirements Planning module Oracle SAP etc
  • Leadership experience
  • Must be a collaborative team player willing to take ownership of decisions and be a resultsoriented driver
  • Demonstrated ability to motivate and influence people across a complex matrixed organization and excel in fast paced business environment
  • Consistent track record of meeting / exceeding key performance objectives
  • Demonstrated ability to organize assess prioritize tasks risks resources milestones and deliverables with frequently changing priorities
  • Significant procurement or equivalent experience
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
  • Demonstrated strong customer service and detailoriented mindset
  • Ability to analyze problems identify root causes and provide efficient solutions

INNIO offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. INNIO is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin gender (including pregnancy) sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.

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