Buyer Planner

at  John Crane

Purchase high cost, complex components, assemblies and services to support a manufacturing facility’s production plan. Coordinate diverse, technical commodity areas with limited supervision while meeting or exceeding established goals. Most optimize the logistic functions of the above activity to result in the highest quality at the lowest possible total procurement cost.

• Obtain and analyze supplier quotations and place purchase orders at the lowest cost consistent with quality requirements and urgency of need.
• Accountable for execution of direct materials and subcontract purchasing in line with Smiths Group PLC Code of Conduct, ensuring that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships.
• Ensuring approval of Purchase Orders in line with the Delegation of Authority policy and approval process
• Ensure the timely and efficient processing and acknowledgement of purchase orders and MRP action messages (Order, Expedite, De-Expedite, Cancel) or purchase requisitions to fulfil the material requirements of the operation by the purchasing team.
• Negotiate improved prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
• Assist the Purchasing Agent in the investigation of alternate, equivalent materials and sources of supply.
• Arrange the appropriate and prompt physical/financial disposition of rejected materials while taking effective corrective action to prevent recurrence of the same.
• Manage supplier programs through the use of established goals and time frames regarding cost reduction, quality improvement, supplier certification, lead time/inventory reduction and delivery performance.
• Work as a team member with the Purchasing Agent, management and cross-functional groups to manager established commodity direction and to ensure the accomplishment of strategic commodity goals.
• Practice preventative problem solving. Have the cognizance of market trends and changing supplier position regarding strength and weakness, with the ability to analyze the same.
• Work with corporate technical functions and the supply base in the area of value analysis to promote the lowest possible cost for a given component’s application.
• Prepares reports and correspondence in a clear, precise and grammatically correct manner.
• Expedite the supply base in a proactive manner to provide proper linkage of required and promised delivery dates. Update the system and communicate required delivery information to involved parties.
• In conjunction with the Purchasing Agent, select suppliers. Follow through with the order process including review of supplier acknowledgements, and invoice discrepancies. Issue purchase order change notices as required and review requisitions for proper signature authorization prior to order placement.
• Special projects and functions as required by departmental management