Our client, a French multinational corporation that specializes in digital automation and energy management, is looking for a Buyer Upstream Planner to join their team in Fairfield, OH!
What You Will Be Doing
- Organize and optimize the procurement of components with suppliers by following the SPS principles
- Responsible for logistic solutions including batch size, lead time, packaging, ABC/FMR analysis, components stocking policy, consignment stock
- Responsible for accuracy and analysis of supplier’s forecast
- Monitor and improve upstream supply chain performance (reviewing KPIs and leading projects to optimize resources)
- Lead continuous improvement projects
- Manage corrective and preventive actions to solve upstream supply chain issues (ex. excess inventory, supplier OTD, Kanban card analysis)
- Escalate critical supplier issues to senior management
- Ensure quality and consistency of key parameters of supply and stock management (ex : Replenishment Lead Time, Quantity, Frequency, Stocking policy)
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Operations, Engineering, or related field
- 3+ years of scheduling/planning experience
- Experience analyzing numbers, trends, and data and making decisions based on the findings
- Partner, influence, collaborate & communicate across the enterprise and with external stakeholders
- Proficiency user of Microsoft Office & EPR systems
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.
