EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant supply chain experience
• Computer Literate in MS Office

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Project Management
• Knowledge of inventory management
• SAP/ERP knowledge and experience

ROLE PURPOSE

Involves the overall planning, implementation and optimization of activities and support required for the delivery of fiber optic cable to our business partners. Primary areas of responsibility include driving production order dating, scheduling, releasing production orders to operations, supply chain related project work, and data analysis.

DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support production planning/master scheduling activities, including order management, resource planning, delivery promising, and production forecasting and reporting of actual manufacturing results vs. plan
• Coordinating plans and execution with Product Line Management (PLM), Planners, Operations Engineering and Plant Management
• Lead new system implementation projects and initiatives within Planning and Procurement
• Work closely with production coordinators and team leaders to establish short- term and long-term expectations and execution of the production plan
• Responsible for tactical procurement execution for assigned material.
• Communication to suppliers, submission of PO’s, monitoring of deliveries, expediting materials and resolving billing discrepancies as needed.
• Works with Strategic Procurement, Operations and the Business Teams to execute the Key Commodity Strategies.
• Ensures compliance to the Global Buying Policy.
• Manages relationships with supplier customer service representatives.
• Assumes responsibility for smaller commodity spend and procurement projects.
• Responsible for tactical procurement execution for assigned material. Duties include communication to suppliers, submission of PO’s, monitoring of deliveries, expediting materials and resolving billing discrepancies as needed.
• Works with Strategic Procurement, Operations and the Business Teams to execute the Key Commodity Strategies.
• Ensures compliance to the Global Buying Policy.
• Manages relationships with supplier customer service representatives.
• Assumes responsibility for smaller commodity spend and procurement projects.