Your Role
The Planner Buyer is responsible for the creation, follow-up, and maintenance of purchase orders for direct materials, ensuring the timely and sufficient availability of raw materials to support uninterrupted plant operations. This role requires a strong understanding of the production plan to effectively secure materials, maintain optimal inventory levels, and ensure compliance with quality standards.
Our Team
You will work in close collaboration with Production, Planning, Suppliers, and the Materials team, aligning sales requirements, production schedules, and supplier deliveries to ensure operational continuity, quality compliance, and cost optimization.
What You Will Do
- Create, manage, and follow up on purchase orders for direct materials.
- Analyze and interpret sales requirements and production schedules to ensure timely material availability.
- Coordinate with the Production Planner to ensure the optimal utilization of materials.
- Place purchase orders on time and manage changes in demand.
- Monitor supplier deliveries to ensure compliance with delivery time, quantity, and quality requirements.
- Follow up on supplier discrepancies (8D processes) and coordinate corrective actions as needed.
- Evaluate supplier performance, collecting and validating required documentation such as quality certificates.
- Continuously optimize material costs through alternative sourcing, quotations, and competitive bidding processes.
- Propose material alternatives aligned with customer requirements and business needs.
- Ensure compliance with applicable environmental and safety practices within the area.
Who You Are
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, International Trade, or Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial preferred).
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar role is desirable.
- Proficiency in SAP for purchase order creation, reporting, and demand review.
- Knowledge of Incoterms and procurement processes.
- Strong negotiation skills, including delivery times, lot sizes, material consignment, and total cost.
- Ability to interpret technical customer requirements.
- English proficiency: ability to read and understand written communications, discuss technical topics, and maintain professional conversations.
- Availability to work rotating shifts and travel as required.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience in material planning and delivery scheduling.
- Knowledge of supplier evaluation and development processes.
- Experience with bidding processes and sourcing of alternative materials, packaging, and components.
- Basic knowledge of ISO 14001:2015 and environmental management practices.
- A continuous improvement mindset, strong teamwork skills, and results-driven approach.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who We Are
As a Molex company, Phillips-Medisize mobilizes and deploys specialized capabilities and services across highly regulated industries, including health care, regulated consumer, automotive and defense. We design, develop and create innovative and life-changing medical technologies for millions of people around the globe.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
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