Job Description Summary



This Assistant Manager of Purchasing directs and coordinates the planning & execution of the supply chain activities for service parts. Manages a staff of purchasing professionals and oversees the end to end purchasing process. Is responsible for procurement, inventory management, supplier commercial relations, control & monitoring of material master data and all related planning and sourcing activities.



Duties and Responsibilities



- Assists in the oversight of the Purchasing Analyst(s), Material Planner(s) & Demand Planner(s)

- Manage execution and analysis of material forecasting (SAP eSPP) results

- Manage Inventory Planning (SAP DRP) for cost-effective procurement and to meet KPI’s for Fill Rate, Inventory turns and MOS

- Perform data mining functions and create reports to help manage the business.

- Support S4HANA & S4HANA eSPP by being the SME in all core modules

- Material master data completeness, accuracy & effectiveness

- Monitor the ordering of materials and the full scope of the purchase order work flow

- Review purchase orders and monitor confirmations and supplier on-time shipping performance.

- Review supplier delivery performance and establish effective expediting of materials

- Determine material control requirements using eSPP/S4 and related control elements

- Manage the end to end Kit to Stock (KTS) processes to support internally kitted materials

- Direct Purchasing team in the daily processes and projects.

- Regularly evaluate, train & coach staff toward continuous improvement.

- Supervise and develop process models for internal procedures and continuous improvement

- Find, evaluate, select suppliers

- Assist in managing the commercial relationship with suppliers including negotiations and supplier agreements.

- Drive the part and process qualification for supplier and material quality

- Prepare RFQ’s

- Regularly evaluate supplier performance with KPI





Qualifications:

- Bachelors Degree in Purchasing or Supply Chain Management or equivalent

- Min 8 years experience with purchasing and inventory management disciplines

- 5 years supervisory experience

- Experience with purchasing processes, and supply chain management

- Experience with MRP/ERP & forecasting processes; preferably within SAP

- Knowledge of inventory management standards and practices

- Strong problem solving skills and discernment for various decisions such as selection of MRP status and type for inventory control

- Ability to create process flow and department procedures and prepare written procedure and process documents.

Senior Demand Planning Analyst

Job Description Summary

Responsible for managing inventory levels to maintain the proper balance between inventory investments and fill rates. Analyze Demand Planning, Forecast and Replenishment system by reviewing forecast. Ensure appropriate stock levels for all parts. Check for early identification of potential stock shortages to prevent stock out scenarios. Analyzes and researches unexpected demand to develop a forecast to be used by Parts Demand Planning, Forecast and Replenishment system. Ensures correct parameters are in place so system recommendations are compatible with the ordering requirements of the vendor. Analyze and research at a part level, forecast and inventory requirements to achieve target level fill rate and inventory goals. The primary goal is to provide the desired level fill while balancing inventory investments, operational impacts, and transportation cost. Achievement of these responsibilities may require some leadership of project teams.

Duties And Responsibilities
• Manage forecast of all parts and monitor inventory levels to achieve customer fill rate and inventory objectives.
• Establish forecast for materials without sufficient demand history (e.g. new parts, slow moving parts, and parts with quality issues).
• Develop historical trends, “like” products and parts, and sales and marketing data to apply a best fit forecast to achieve fill rate and inventory objectives.
• Oversee service parts new model, campaign and special events inventory to achieve product launch readiness objectives.
• Establish & maintain inventory management solutions such as forecasting models, stock level, replenishment, and deployment.
• Initiates and improves demand planning processes, fill rates, inventory performance, and supply chain costs.
• Analyze part master data including lead times, price, and supplier sourcing requirements to establish Min Lots & Economic Order Quantities.
• Become the SME for SAP eSPP, DRP demand planning system and strategy
• Maintain MM data elements (e.g. Safety Stock, ROP, Min Max) to optimize demand planning and inventory levels.
• Evaluate slow and dead stock conditions and perform root cause analysis to meet company objectives
• Monitor, generate and interpret results of reports necessary fill rates & inventory objectives.
• Work with Material Planners to ensure that inventory is ordered optimally
• Review purchase orders and evaluate MRP/DRP, forecasting & material planner performance.
• Responsible for performance metrics related to customer fill rate, inventory turns, forecasting accuracy, inventory and material planning.

Qualification and Job Knowledge
• Bachelor’s Degree from accredited university in related discipline such as Logistics, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, preferred
• 7 years of related work experience; or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Must have expert level knowledge of aftermarket service parts including high skill levels with demand/inventory planning systems and the ability to querying/analysis data from multiple sources..
• SAP ERP (EWM, APO, WM, BW) and warehouse management systems experience is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in inventory management, preferably in Agriculture, Power Equipment, or Construction heavy duty equipment industries.
• Experience with DRP/MRP systems
• Must have Lean skills and experience (TPS, Six Sigma).
• Advanced knowledge if use of Excel (formulas, pivot tables, power pivots, charts, etc.) Technical knowledge of IT systems and office programs

Customer Sales Specialist

Responsibility

• Process orders from first receipt through billing in an accurate and efficient manner.
• Create purchase orders to purchase the parts from the plant, tracking the import into the U.S., creating sales orders and invoices once the sale is complete.
• Monitor the progress of orders from receipt to final shipment to assure timely delivery.
• Detect problems and solve by effectively communicating with customers, vendors and warehouse.
• Create monthly open order reports and provide to customers.
• Maintain and update quotation files for each customer.
• Monitor customer supplier portals for changes in material demand and shipping schedules
• Answer customer inquiries regarding sales orders and other topics in a positive and supporting manner

Qualifications

• Post-Secondary Education
• 3- 5 years Inside Sales experience with order entry background
• Data and order entry – SAP preferred
• Solid working knowledge of excel
• Work directly with customers to provide information, answer questions and solve problems
• Excellent organizational skills