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. We strive to instill in all of our employees:

- A positive mental attitude that helps us to be a leader in the industry
- A commitment to building strong relationships, both inside and outside the organization
- A desire to learn, grow, and contribute to moving our strategy forward
- A need to create and to innovate

**Employment Type**:Regular Full-Time

**Shift**:1st Shift

**Work Status**: On-site

The Buyer Planner is responsible for planning all material requirements and for the purchase of products in accordance with established company policies and procedures. They are responsible for the timely delivery of product that is required to support the production plan. They establish and maintain good company/vendor relationships. The Buyer Planner manages levels of finished, work-in-process and raw inventory in accordance with company and department goals and objectives.

Measures of success:

- Achieve inventory turnover target range as established by the company
- Minimize slow moving and obsolete inventory
- Reduce costs by successfully obtaining optimal pricing through strategic sourcing

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Plans all material requirements including manufactured and purchased items predicated on sales and replacement parts (RP) forecasts, customer orders and predetermined acceptable finished goods inventory levels.
- Responsible for scheduling work in the Production, Shipping and Receiving Departments. Includes review of Buyer Workbench / Purchase Order (PO) suggestions and creates POs as needed.
- Purchases products in accordance with established company policies and procedures. Includes seeking bids, screening potential vendors, and submitting specifications to ensure lowest possible price and highest quality.
- Ensures the timely delivery of product as required to support the current production plan. Arranges delivery and mode of transportation in accordance with schedule requirements.
- Develops and monitors purchase orders with vendors based on material requirements planning (MRP) and negotiated terms.
- Works with customs broker and company import/export specialist on international imports to ensure proper classification of materials and with vendors to ensure proper markings. Maintains compliance with all import rules and regulations.
- Develops and implements corrective action required to address late shipments, short shipments, etc.
- Assists in the resolution of rejected material, in-house and vendor supplied, as well as clearing receipts through incoming inspection.
- Advises management of all price increases and reductions. Assists Operations Manager with all vendor price negotiations as required.
- Maintains professional working relationship with suppliers. Establishes and maintains good company/vendor/subcontractor relationships and encourages new methods of production to foster cost reductions. Ensures that buyer/vendor relationship does not create a conflict of interest.
- Issues manufacturing orders to production departments to support forecast and actual schedule requirements.
- Responsible for continual review/follow-up of on-order materials and in-process orders to ensure adherence to schedule and prevent shortages.
- Responsible for continual review/follow-up of in-process manufacturing work orders to ensure adherence to established schedules. Expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions. Advises department supervisors of changing priorities.
- Advises sales department of any extensions of estimated completion dates.
- Manages levels of finished, work-in-process and raw inventory in accordance with established company and departmental goals and objectives. Completes inventory adjustments, miscellaneous issues, and receipts.
- Maintains the MRP database relative to item creation, lead times, minimum, maximum and multiple order quantities, price break quantities, analysts, and product line codes, etc., for each assigned product line.
- Enters accurate costing for purchased parts and performs cost roll process for manufactured parts. Performs annual review of standard costing for all Taco Canada (TCA) items and updates as required.
- Performs job completion/closing maintenance in accordance with procedures supplied by the finance department
- Maintains supplier pricelist database in Epicor Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, including maintenance of supplier part numbers, updating pricing and mass updates upon receipt of price increases.
- Forecasts key residential items on a monthly basis and maintains active list of critical stock keeping units (SKUs). Reviews/analyzes sales history to determine appropriate minimum/maximum levels and places forecast purchase orders. Meets with re