Sr. Analyst Planner/Buyer

at  Edwards Lifesciences

Plan the procurement of the material required to support Customer Demand and New Product introduction, and develop and execute the business unit production schedule.

How you’ll make an impact

• Planner

Develop and schedule the Manufacturing Production Plan from the Master Production Schedule requirements with increased complexity and volume and with higher level of autonomy. Development includes the following:

• Manage issues preventing execution of the MPS and production plan. Issues include but are not limited to non-conforming materials or processes, material or equipment availability, completing unplanned requirements
• Analyze resource availability, develop short and mid-range capacity plans with manufacturing teams, and lead teams to ensure plans are met
• Generate work orders using systems
• Manage work order progress, including working with production and other supporting departments (e.g., quality, microbiology, engineering) to ensure production plans are met
• Provide ship schedule to Supply Chain/Demand team
• Establish and maintain gross inventory targets with a limited scope. Includes developing action plans to minimize inventory exposure and for scrapping or mitigating excess and obsolete parts based on business information, and assess inventory management
• Develop and identify cost reduction process improvements
• Buyer

Plan materials requirements and provide to CR to support production schedules and new product launches with increased complexity and volume and with higher level of autonomy. including:

• Working with the supplier to ensure materials are made to the proper specs
• Leading cross functional teams to resolve obstacles to meeting the schedule, including, but not limited to, resolving issues with non-conforming material, unclear specifications or vendor capacity constraints
• Expediting purchase orders as required. Includes expediting material from the receiving dock though receiving inspection, to production stores
• Provide regular analysis and reporting, including information on: Backorders, Service levels (actual vs. plan). Inventory Value, Consignment levels, actual vs. plan
• Support action plans to minimize Excess & Obsolete Inventory
• Other duties assigned by Leadership

Please refer the Job description for details