Job Description

• Build rapport with domestic suppliers
• Issues requests for quotes as directed by Senior Manager Parts Inventory
• Manges pricing agreements with suppliers and initiates internal activities to update the parts master
  
• Review part number substitutions for accuracy,
• Receives system-generated POs, conducts reviews, and submits to suppliers
  
• Places daily emergency orders as needed
  
• Monitors activities of Procurement Specialist and gives guidance and assistance
  
• Obtain necessary approval before purchase as outlined by the Company
  
• Responds to internal customer requests as it relates to price and delivery
  
• Track and report supplier performance to department management
  
• Resolve complex OS&D issues
  
• File claim for missing or damaged parts
• Resolve complex invoice discrepancies
  
• Willingness to travel to supplier location
  
• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, manage statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results
  
• Coordinate cross-functional research and activities to reconcile and refine the forecast model, thereby improving forecast accuracy and reducing obsolescence
  
• Attend regular meetings with global mining account clients and selected high-volume customers and dealers
  
• React immediately to stock-outs, missed supplier lead times, or transit delays with timely communication to the customer service team. Place purchase orders as needed to support the dealers
  
• Prepare and submit initial orders for new machines
  
• Demand planner will create and maintain forecast models, incorporating business intelligence (IDMS/SPM) and related forecast information gathered from dealers, mining technical support, field sales, and the dealer

• Supplier management
  
• Maintain approved supplier list and contacts
  
• Eliminate credit hold
  
• Review and manage proposed supplier price increases
  

• Sense of Urgency at a high degree
• Positive attitude and disposition
• Customer First focused approach and willingness for direct internal/external communication
• Strong focus on and attention to detail
• Strong communicator in a multi-cultural environment setting
  
• Team player who displays willingness to assist in any circumstance
  
• Microsoft Office suite with Excel skills
  
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced and rapidly changing multicultural environment
  

• Supplier performance
• Supplier OS&D resolution within 48 hours
• No credit holds
  
• Forecast accuracy
• Availability rate (%)
• Days on hand

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of practical buying / Planning experience in a fast-paced environment
  
• APICS or other forecasting Certification preferred

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