Buyer Planner

As a family-owned and operated company, we feel a special obligation to the employees who comprise our Taco family. We are committed to offering employees access to the tools necessary to live long and productive lives.

Requirements

for various product lines, and the sourcing and procurement of materials, goods, and services to ensure operational and customer needs are met. They achieve target levels of finished goods and work-in-process inventory in accordance with company goals and objectives and are responsible for on-time delivery, production schedule attainment, inventory dollars, past due dollars, and job closure performance metrics for assigned product lines. They develop an understanding of the goods they procure and the economic indicators that impact them.

They create supply sources by interviewing potential suppliers, visiting current vendors to improve relations, assessing supply facilities, and negotiating prices . The Buyer /Planner represent s planning and p urchasing and support s project teams for all related issues. They implement strategies and solutions to improve cost levels, stabilize sources of supply, high quality of services and other factors related to the Operations Department.

for various product lines predicated on; sales forecast, customer orders, and minimum acceptable on-hand finished goods inventory. Serves as the main point of contact for assigned product lines which includes collaborating daily with production and scheduling the production workload. Reviews in-process production jobs to achieve the monthly production schedule/build plan targets.

Expedites and prioritizes job schedule as needed Monitors customer ship-complete sales orders to ensure jobs are completed on time in order for sales orders to ship on time. Coordinates with others in the organization as needed. Tracks on-time delivery percentage, past-due sales orders dollars, and finished goods inventory levels for assigned product lines.

Ensure job orders for assigned product lines are maintained accurately within the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to include accurate dates and proper job closing. Advises department supervisors of changing priorities. Advises company personnel of extensions and / or estimated completion dates.

Participates in the cycle count program and works with various departments to address the root cause of material inventory inaccuracies and adjustments. Works with production personnel, Industrial Engineering, and Product Engineering to ensure Bill of Material structure accuracy and proper consumption of material to maintain inventory accuracy.

Planning (MRP) parts database

, such as production lot multiples, lot sizes, lead time, MOQ as well as other buyer/planner-related fields for each assigned product line.

Establish and maintain relationships with suppliers and occasionally look for alternative sourcing to ensure competitive pricing and supply continuity Work with suppliers to process exception messages by expediting or deferring purchase orders and obtaining product/service information such as price,

Responsibilities

include but are not limited to: Produces a production schedule and plans all material