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Company Description

HydraForce, a Bosch Rexroth Company, offers one of the most comprehensive lines of high-quality hydraulic cartridge valves for the mobile and industrial equipment markets. We design and manufacture high performance valves that meet virtually any need encountered in machine design. HydraForce cartridge valves are designed to fit a wide range of industry-common valve cavities. Our employees enjoy a fast-paced and challenging work environment that provides them with daily opportunities to Power Forward their careers. For almost 35 years, HydraForce has been producing the most innovative elector-hydraulic control solutions for the mobile machinery and industrial equipment markets.

Bosch Rexroth is one of the world’s leading providers of Drive and Control Technologies. Regardless of the motion task that customers face anywhere in the world, they will always find a Bosch Rexroth team with local experience and the appropriate know-how from more than 30 industries and all drive and control technologies. Our associates take on their customers’ challenges with passion and persistence until the right solution is found. This is what makes Bosch Rexroth a strong, reliable partner for Mobile Applications, Machinery Applications and Engineering and Factory Automation. As the Drive & Control Company, we develop, produce, and distribute our components and system solutions in over 80 countries.

Job Description

Job Summary:

Primary responsibilities will be placing and managing secondaries (out plant process) purchase orders and expediting

Duties and Responsibilities:

The following list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary:

• Implement completeness and accuracy of the detail Item Master to ensure proper scheduling and identification of assigned parts/product groups. Lot sizes, order policy codes, delivery schedules, and MOQs to allow Global Purchasing to negotiate supplier contracts. 
• Administer application of system part parameters to facilitate effective scheduling, production, and delivery of requirements to customers or other HydraForce facilities. Oversee planning of material flow to support the SIOP plan, customer orders, and inventory budget
• Coordinate departmental activity to ensure alignment and synchronization of operational goals
• Collaborate with financial departments to ensure item costs are updated and maintained
• Monitor POs and MOs messages including but not limited to; release, reschedules, cancellations to drive visibility through out systems
• Collaborate with Suppliers through Portal to ensure visibility and priorities
• Monitor price changes and escalate as required
•  Drive part delivery and coordination to achieve POs on-time and MO releases on-time
•  Oversee MRB and RTS processes for assigned parts
• Collaborate with other Supply Chain Planners to optimize supply plans to achieve OTD goals • Review Demand Plans to ensure the support of SIOP and Inventory planning
• Monitor Inventory to reduce obsolescence and excess 
• Update expected due dates on critical shortages of MOs and POs through contact with appropriate purchasing, planning, and production departments.
• Utilize Lean DNA to report on identified metrics and proactively address future constraints
• Additional reports and analysis may be required as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in either Marketing, Finance, Operations, Accounting, Supply Chain or Management OR 5 years of purchasing experience
• Capable of analyzing demand inputs and supplier capabilities to develop business improvement opportunities
• System experience managing MRP signals and able to analyze if modification to an existing purchase order is needed, reprioritization of supplier production/shipments New Purchase Order and modifying master data is needed

Additional Information

Health and Safety are fundamental values within the company. Employees receive a full complement of health benefits including Blue Cross/Blue Shield Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision, Tax Free Health Accounts (HSA/FSA), Employee Assistance Program, Paid Time Off (PTO) plus Company paid Holidays.

Our employees enjoy an attractive compensation package to include market competitive salary, Company paid and Voluntary Life insurance, Disability coverage, 401(k) with match, bonus opportunities, and more!

Must Have:

• Must have US work authorization. This position is not open for International Assignments.
• Indefinite U.S work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization is not available.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce - EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled