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Overview

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Base pay range : $40.00 / hr - $45.00 / hr

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Responsibilities

• Responsible for procuring and planning of goods and services for R&D and Pre-production to meet and maintain service levels, quality, cost / project budget and targeted inventory levels
• Works to ensure adequate demands on Imperative care manufacturing as part of the S&OP process
• Establish and foster relationships with suppliers, communicating, and negotiating with suppliers to ensure delivery schedules are met, best prices are obtained and in compliance with regulatory requirements
• Support sourcing, purchasing, planning, and scheduling the movement of raw materials, packaging materials, parts, components, supplies and other items to meet new product introduction (NPI) and production ramp-up activities
• Partner with R&D in the development of NPI projects to support procurement of material from prototype through Pre-production, manages change notice and impact on on hand inventory
• Supports R&D group for early supplier selection and cost negotiation; initiates new supplier set-up process with Quality and purchasing teams
• Reviews purchase requisitions for completeness; reviews support documentation, currency, payment terms, alignment of backup documentation to requisition, and clarity of description
• Create purchase requests and provide monthly forecasts to suppliers based on pre-production planning requirements
• Work with engineering functions and key stakeholders to ensure supplier performance and deliverables are met and to identify cost and timing issues and bring them to resolution
• Lead recurring meetings with key vendors to ensure that delivery schedules are on-track, address supplier-related issues, and drive to develop solutions with suppliers to mitigate risk, minimize delays, seek cost reduction and avoidance
• Analyze and initiate steps to minimize the financial and operations impact of carrying excess, obsolete and expired materials
• Ensures processes are in place to manage transactions from the engineering warehouse to prototype production while maintaining adequate documentation of traceability
• Track product cost and apply various costing and pricing techniques to effectively negotiate the best pricing with suppliers (benchmark study, VA / VE, competitive bidding, BOM cost, should cost, etc.). Identify cost reduction opportunities through various avenues such as process, design, content reduction; drive timely implementation
• Maintain procurement records, integrity of procurement data and content in ERP system and shared space by proactively tracking and monitoring open purchase orders, supplier confirmations and delivery schedules
• Monitors status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future potential issues
• Expedite material delivery or explore other possible options with suppliers to avoid parts stock out
• Actively promote and support the Quality Management System, Quality Objectives, and Quality Policy
• Assure that you and functional subordinates (if applicable) are trained on all applicable procedures and processes according to Good Manufacturing Practices, applicable FDA and Regulatory requirements
• Actively promote and support the company's Management Review process
• Inform responsible personnel of concerns involving product quality
• Perform job functions in a safe and effective manner
• Other duties as assigned

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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