Buyer/Planner

Purpose:

Do you enjoy working collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal? Delta Faucet Company cultivates an environment that values innovation and improvements in not only our products, but also the way we run our business. As a Buyer/Planner, you'll be encouraged to think of creative new ways to reduce inventory and improve service throughout our operations.

We organize our Buyer/Planner team by commodity, and in this role you'll own all aspects of PO management for your commodity set, from PO release through receipt and invoice resolution. In addition, you'll coordinate projects between internal/external partners to help implement bill of material (BOM) changes for items within your book of business.

Responsibilities:

Buyer/Planners work directly with our Commodity Managers (Sourcing Team), our manufacturing plants, and our vendors to ensure the effective supply of material to our facilities to meet customer requirements. In your role, you will have three (3) key areas of responsibility including:

Direct Material Purchase Order Management:

• Review, approve, and release purchase orders
• Coordinate with suppliers and Plant Production Planners to expedite/de-expedite material as needed
• Proactively catch and prevent future supply gaps while raising issues to the commodity team as necessary
• Update promised delivery dates on purchase orders within SAP to ensure accurate planning and production signals
• Work with vendors and manufacturing plants to resolve day-to-day operational questions
• Work with both internal and external functions to resolve critical invoicing issues

Data Management:

• Lead supplier inventory agreement processes in coordination with our Sourcing team
• Ensure key supplier data accuracy including updates to lead times, order quantities, etc.
• Review inventory/demand, minimum order quantities, vendor lead times to optimize purchasing patterns

Project Activities:

• Lead or support projects to deliver cost savings and quality improvements (insourcing, resourcing, outsourcing)
• Analyze root causes, identify and follow up on countermeasures to resolve supplier performance issues (i.e. – delivery performance below goal)
• Participate in or lead CI activities to develop new and improved ways to manage daily operations
• Proactively coordinate meetings and projects with cross-functional teams to drive supply issue resolution and process improvement
• Work with our commodity managers, engineers, and external vendors to implement BOM changes and manage ramp up/ramp down of supply

The ideal candidate will be Indianapolis based, with the ability to travel to our corporate headquarters as needed.

Education & Experience:

As an interested individual, you should have:

• Earned a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of Buyer/Planner and/or procurement experience
• A demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement and process enhancements with tangible results
• Strong communication skills and ability to act as a knowledgeable resource to others within the group
• Previous experience using ERP (SAP or equivalent), reporting systems (Power BI or equivalent) and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to write Excel formulas, develop reports/charts/graphs in the above systems
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a team setting

At Delta Faucet Company, we view diversity as a mosaic of thoughts and perspectives that come from people’s varied cultural backgrounds, experiences, education, career paths and other influences that make each of us unique. For us, inclusion means welcoming differing opinions, collaborating, allowing people to come to work as who they are and recognizing everyone’s contributions. We know that in a diverse, inclusive company, ideas flow freely, all voices are heard and all perspectives are valued. Delta Faucet Company continuously strives to be this kind of organization. Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) supports our inherent values, makes us more relevant to customers and consumers and inspires innovation. It is not a goal or a program; it is a vital ingredient in our formula for success and a key to our future growth.

Company: Delta Faucet Company

Full timeHiring Range: $53,800.00 - $84,480.00Actual compensation may vary based on various factors including experience, education, geographic location, and/or skills.

Delta Faucet Company (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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