Buying/Planning Specialist

Celestica is looking for a results-oriented Buying and Planning Specialist with 3–6 years of experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment. Proven expertise in end-to-end supply chain management, encompassing strategic procurement, demand forecasting, and inventory control (MRP/ERP).

Requirements

• Plans for and procures materials necessary to meet manufacturing build requirements for one or several product lines.
• Plans and schedules timely material required for customer forecasts.
• Determines material requirements from engineering and production schedules and coordinate the efficient movement of materials throughout the production cycle.
• Reviews requisitions, contacts vendors, examines bids and initiates contracts.
• Initiates purchases driven through MRP process.
• Assesses when to execute and what order to place based on other factors.
• Pushes or cancels orders per production plans.
• Reviews forecasted requirements and purchases materials in accordance with that forecast.
• Ensures materials are available to meet manufacturing build requirements.
• Matches material infeed and inventory turnover so as not to hold too high a percentage of inventory at any time.
• Qualifies new supplies through survey and site visits.
• Helps establish new supplier accounts with finance department.
• Investigates and resolves issues with invoices or suppliers.
• Works with internal customers to address, return and receive credit for defective materials.
• Acts as a customer liaison with new product introduction.
• Introduces the new product through manufacturing to shipping per customer requirements.
• Attends weekly change meetings with the customer.
• Reviews and submits new costs associated with the change or the introduction of new requirements.
• Determines cut in of new design changes.
• Interfaces with customers engineering staff.
• Works with inventory control at end of product life.
• Writes procedures and documentation and trains and mentors new and less experienced purchasing employees.

Benefits

• Retirement Plan
• 401k Matching