Associate Analyst - Buyer/Material Planner

Procures materials following plant and corporate regulations (QA, SCM)
Communicates and coordinates with product line supervisors/leaders to ensure schedule attainment and recovery if required
Has direct communication with suppliers regarding material usage as per forecast, gather data for forecast
Processes purchase requisitions and monitors orders, ensuring suppliers deliver goods on time.
Purchase Order Management: PO creation, PO release and follow-up, based on requested demands and negotiated prices and conditions at defined suppliers in a timely manner and therefore to guarantee the on-time delivery to customers.
Manage order confirmations from suppliers - including manual maintenance
First interface to suppliers for all needed clarifications regarding deviating order confirmations (prices, quantities, dates)
Regular check of overdue/non confirmed/open purchase orders and respective PO rescheduling (expedite, push out, cancel) in cooperation with relevant departments
Executes exception messages (postponement / anticipation / cancellation of orders)
Analyses and evaluates supplier (On Time Delivery) and company (Inventory Turns, Excess & Obsolete) performance indicators
Maintains inventory levels of materials in accordance with the objectives set
Purchasing data maintenance in ERP system (e.g. info-records, source list, lead times, , MOQ, MOV, single/dual sourced etc..to ensure that purchase orders to suppliers for several areas can be processed timely and in the correct way and other purchasing data (eg. unit price change, supplier lead time
Supplier invoice management, clarification in case of deviation
Updates database and list of qualified suppliers
Gathers information and prepares regular and ad-hoc reports (KPI reports, material availability, open order book, unconfirmed / past due, etc.)
Significantly contributes to process improvement activities, new tool implementations, standardization projects and knowledge sharing.

3-5 Years of experience in SCM- Material Planning

Good Understanding and Working knowledge of ERP.
Strong interpersonal skills, with a desire to work as part of a team.
Drives Result, Effective Communication, Decision Management,