Materials Buyer Planner Trainee

Initiates Purchase Orders for Parts

• Create purchase orders.
• Coordinates Planning and schedule and inventory control based on MRP requirements
• Coordinates quality and engineering changes with Suppliers.
• Monitors and maintains supplier deliveries
• Manage cycle counts of parts

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor's Degree and 5 years' work experience or equivalent experience
• Detailed analytical skills
• Inventory control experience
• Ability to understand complex problems and to collaborate and explore alternative solutions; ability to understand opposing points of view on complex issues and to negotiate and integrate different viewpoints
• Strong planning, time management, multitasking and organization skills
• Sound interpersonal skills used when interfacing interpersonally and in group settings, coordinating and collaborating with peers, stakeholders and internal customers
• Ability to operate a computer and discern and assess charts, graphs, reports and/or other forms of written or graphical communication with proficiency in use of Microsoft tools (Word, & Exce,)
• Ability to develop and maintain professional and effective relationships with internal and external customers
• Ability to organize and prioritize work schedules on both a short-term & long-term basis.
• Ability to compute, analyze and interpret complex numerical and/or statistical data for forecasting or reporting purposes.