Buyer planner Jobs in Carlsbad, CA

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Position overview : The Buyer is responsible for ensuring materials are availability on-time to support our production, new product introduction and R&D schedules. This role involves managing inventory levels, supporting material demand, product changes, resolving supplier matters and collaborating with stakeholders. This position requires the ability to work in a fast-paced start-up environment, be a self-starter and the ability to prioritize tasks and projects to meet timelines. You will closely monitor the supplier’s relationship with current and potential supplier, negotiates prices andterms, and ensure quality, price and delivery standards are met.

This role is also responsible for ensuring consumables and materials such as components, supply items, tooling, etc. are available for production, maintenance, and material handling operations.

Responsibilities :

• Place purchase orders for procurement of materials based on requirements driven by the forecasts, production plans, and R&D.
• Maintain relationships with existing supplier and develop relationships with new suppliers by leading quote development, supplier on-boarding and monitoring.
• Foster strong relationships with internal customers. Act as the primary interface with production, and material handling.
• Identify material requirements, execute purchase orders, follow-up on deliveries and adhere to inventory stock levels.
• Develop material status reports and provide updates to manufacturing and R&D teams.
• Set up and manage safety stock levels and optimize material replenishment schedules.
• Utilize inventory tracking methodologies, analyze data and take appropriate action.
• Manage efficient material change process by coordinating the specification change and driving the implementation plan that prevents material shortages or excess scrap.
• Support Incoming Quality Control to ensure components meet defined quality standards and requirements.
• Work with quality and engineering on supplier corrective actionsas required.
• Request and process Returned Goods Authorizations.
• Ability to read and understand technical specifications.
• Monitor and report on-time delivery, purchase price variances, supplier quality performance, monthly.
• Maintain accurate records and documents related to all purchasing activities.
• Improve purchasing and planning processes through LEAN principles.
• Other duties as required.