Job description

Come join the Placon family!

Placon is a leading designer and manufacturer of plastic packaging, producing quality thermoformed and injection molded packaging in the food, retail and medical markets. Working side-by-side with our customers, our mission is to fuel the heart and mind of the engineer in each of us by delivering packaging breakthroughs that inspire better engagement between people and products.

Every day we solve problems, embrace challenges and celebrate successes. We work together to transform valuable natural resources back into new plastic packaging while continuing to push the boundaries of sustainability and environmentally-responsible packaging using post-consumer PET plastic from our Ecostar recycling facility.

The Buyer/Scheduler is responsible for managing the material flow to meet customer orders while balancing capacity, production and inventory. Additional responsibilities include: providing a production schedule that meets demand with the overall objective of maximum customer satisfaction, lowest cost of production, and control of inventory to optimize turns, and purchasing of raw materials in the most cost effective manner with due consideration for price, quality, specifications, and other general requirements.

The Position:

Essential Accountabilities

• Schedules factory work orders to balance available capacity with near-term demand.
• Leads the analysis to level capacity load as required in the execution horizon. Identify capacity shortages and high utilization periods through the planning horizon.
• Communicate supply / demand issues and resolution status through appropriate management chain.
• Responsible for the coordination/planning of materials to meet customer delivery requirements by identifying materials to be expedited or de-expedited in a manner that will prevent material shortages and potential obsolescence.
• Support and aid management in decision making by providing production plans and implementing purchasing strategies.
• Assist engineers with identification of changes needed on BOM's, routings, item masters, and obsolescence by initiating engineering change requests.
• Place and track purchase orders from internal and MRP system generated requirements, arranging for the delivery of materials in the most effective manner to support production and inventory constraints.
• Minimize the cost of buying, transporting, and storing purchased materials and services. Assist in customer negotiating of contracts for supplies and materials, and monitor compliance.
• Review and supply corrected information for Accounts Payable to resolve discrepancies on vendor invoices.
• Responsible for inventory turns management and improvement. Coordinate material/vendor changes to avoid obsolescence of materials.
• If applicable, lead the monthly demand forecast process cycle across all product families.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, or related field. Minimum of 3 years experience in production scheduling / purchasing experience in an MRP II system. APICS certification preferred.

Desired Skills

· Experience in purchasing/production scheduling and/or general materials planning experience in an ERP system.

· Knowledge of manufacturing and production planning. Sound knowledge of varied production and quality assurance operations.

· Fundamental understanding of ERP requirements and processes.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

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