Coherent

Planner / Buyer

Coherent • $75K — $95K *
East Granby, CT 06026In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in purchasing and production planning or equivalent education/experience combination.
  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's or PhD preferred with fewer years of experience.
  • Proficient in MRP systems, particularly Oracle and Agile database management.
  • Strong understanding of the procurement and supplier management processes.
  • Excellent customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong time management and self-motivation.
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Manage purchasing processes for equipment, supplies, and services; oversee supplier relationships.
  • Develop and track performance against the annual operating budget.
  • Ensure timely delivery from vendors and manage necessary shipping schedules.
  • Coordinate bids and proposals, ensuring compliance with legal and contractual requirements.
  • Lead cost reduction initiatives and report progress to supply chain management.
  • Oversee the integrity of the MRP system and smooth flow of purchasing transactions.
  • Generate production schedules, work orders, and support material tracking.

Benefits

  • Work in a climate-controlled office and manufacturing environment.
  • Potential weekend availability may be necessary to meet operational needs.
  • Engage in training for ISO 9000, 9001, 14001, and integrate into quality management systems.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities
  • Buyer/Purchasing:
  • Manage processes related to the purchase of equipment, supplies, raw materials, and services for assigned suppliers, categories and manufacturing site.
  • Participate in developing and monitoring performance against the annual operating budget.
  • Proactively manage vendors to address on-time delivery, expedite/de-expedite deliveries as necessary
  • Coordinate formal and informal bids, request for quote/qualification (RFQ'S), Request for proposals (RFP'S); ensures all applicable legal and contractual provisions are met; manage and participate in solicitation, evaluation and award of bids; perform or assist others in the performance of price/cost analysis; negotiate contract provisions; prepare specifications as required.
  • Leader in cost reduction activity and report them to the supply chain manager on a consistent basis.
  • Maintains the MRP system's integrity, monitoring indicators, reporting on and ensuring the smooth flow of purchasing transactions (from PO entry, expediting, tracking multi-party component assemblies, assist in part number creation, etc.)
  • Create consigned vendor managed inventory (CVMI) or vendor managed inventory (VMI) agreements and maintain proper inventory levels to the benefit of the operation's performance.
  • Determine appropriate contracts for various types of procurement needs; review requisitions/purchase orders and related documents for completeness, accuracy and compliance with department and company procedures and requirements; review invoices and other documentation for accuracy and compliance; resolve disputed invoices.
  • Have an in-depth understanding of commodities purchased and industry leaders that provide said commodities. Interface with internal customers, work with peer groups and support the purchasing team.
  • Participate and or lead cross functional teams to meet department goals and objectives. Must be the commercial expert in all team activities.
  • Production Planning:
  • Responsible for generating and releasing work orders and maintaining production schedules in the MRP system
  • Support production planning activities including schedule updates, tracking WIP progress throughout production, material tracking, and inventory monitoring
  • Review and maintain BOM accuracy and support implementation of engineering changes (ECOs)
  • Monitor production status, material availability, and assist in resolving shortages
  • Generate and maintain planning, inventory, and production reports
  • Coordinate with manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, and customer service to support production flow
  • Monitor manufacturing yields, Lead Time, Safety stock, Shrink %, and Work Order Variance
  • Review production status and capacity issues with manufacturing supervisor
  • Update on time deliveries, misses, reasons

Education & Experience
  • Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 5 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience.

Skills
  • Working understanding of MRP systems, bill of materials (BOM), Accounting, production control, receiving and inventory along with some database management skills will support the requirements of this job.
  • Understand Purchasing's role in the ERP/MRP (Oracle preferred) environment along with ability to interface with manufacturing data base systems (Agile)
  • Strong customer service skills are required to be able to interface with internal customers as well as outside suppliers. Must be able to effectively communicate between operations personnel and upper management.
  • Must have strong time management skills; Self-motivation is required for timely completion of projects and duties.
  • Working knowledge of the procurement and supplier management processes.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required to support internal customer's and external supplier relationships. Conflict resolution and team development in a dynamic environment requiring the ability to work with and influence others.
  • Must be willing to get involved, ask questions, obtain support from and give to others.
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities and balance multiple competing tasks

Working Conditions
  • Normal office environment and climate-controlled manufacturing facilities.
  • Weekend availability may be required


Safety Requirements

All employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.

Quality and Environmental Responsibilities

Depending on location, this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.

About Coherent

Coherent, Inc. is a global leader in providing laser-based solutions to a broad range of commercial and scientific research customers. The company designs, manufactures, and markets lasers, laser-based systems, precision optics, and related accessories for a diverse group of customers. Coherent's markets include scientific research, OEM components and instrumentation, microelectronics, materials processing, and life sciences. The company's products are used in a wide range of applications. Coherent was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Learn more about Coherent
Size
5,085 employees
Market Cap
$4.6 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$419.7 million
Founded
1966
5 Year Trend
+27.8%
Revenue
$1.2 billion
NASDAQ
COHR
* Ladders Estimates

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