The Intercompany Category Buyer will report to Global Order Processing & Master Scheduling Management and play an integral role in the successful execution of our Supply Chain Operations. The primary responsibility will be to manage intercompany purchase orders that make up complex, engineered-to-order projects to the manufacturing plant. The Intercompany Category Buyer will work with multiple departments to drive results to achieve our committed customer required on site dates. These departments include, but are not limited to Engineering, Project Management, Planning, Manufacturing, Master Scheduling, Logistics and Customer Service.
The ideal candidate will be extremely organized with an eye for detail and have a solid understanding of supply chain management and internal procurement for engineered-to-order systems.
The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $87,000 - $125,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.
Tasks and Qualifications:This is What You Will do in This Role:- Support the Global Order Management (GOM) process meetings to review service levels, performance against schedule, inventory strategy, supply plan to meet demand, and resource implications.
- The Intercompany Category Buyer role will act as a key bridge between the Project Management teams and our factories to ensure alignment on all orders assigned to the plant.
- Provide input to the Business Analytics team to improve reporting and analysis capability.
- Monitor, maintain and ensure data quality within ERP (SAP) system as it relates to internal procurement and factory sales order requirements.
- The person filling this position will be responsible for problem solving and provide expertise into the continuous improvement of planning and production processes and procedures.
- This role will be responsible for ensuring creation, modification and deletion of all factory purchase orders. In addition, continuous monitoring of IDoc errors that arise between the Factory Purchase order and Factory Sales order.
- High level of investigative and root cause analysis efforts when managing IDoc errors.
- Will be responsible for maintaining and occasionally creating internal material info records, source lists, and other relevant master data objects.
- Exercise high degree of independent decision making regarding organizing and performing work to meet customer requirements.
What We Are Looking For:- Comprehensive knowledge of supply chain and manufacturing processes
- Strong understanding of the global order fulfillment of complex, engineered-to-order systems, and the ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment in a growing global industry.
- Exceptional collaboration skills to resolve multiplex problems
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business or Operations Management or 5+ years of experience working in a manufacturing / Supply Chain environment
- Experience using an ERP/MRP (SAP 4HANA highly preferred) and working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Knowledge and experience applying lean thinking and Continuous Improvement (CI) principles to increase efficiency across business processes
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