Planner/Buyer

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

1. This position is responsible for assuring that manufacturing production schedules are established and that the materials required for production are available. 

2. Works with production operators, production management, Planner/Buyers and Logistics management across BD. 

3. Has the responsibility to balance raw materials and supplies to minimize on hand inventory.

4. Ensures scheduling does not result in outages of material and production stoppages that could negatively impact other plants/customers, causing backorders and/or revenue loss to the company. 5.Maintain open orders in the system and bring them forward in the production plan.

6. Maintains ongoing communications with manufacturing regarding schedules, materials, etc.

7. Process and distribute Experimental Orders.

8. Review system planned component purchases and convert them into vendor purchase orders.

9. Interact with supplier representatives on open order and change order deliveries.

10. Interact with manufacturing floor personnel and establish an internal network for feedback on low component inventory levels.

11. Co-coordinate with other Planner/Buyers on component demands and on finished goods shipments.

12. Coordinate inventory integrity with manufacturing to maintain system reliability.

13. Assist with compliance measurement reporting systems.

14. Support new and experimental product runs to include replacement or new components.

15. Other duties as required to support the needs of the business.

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  Production system reliability and inventory integrity.

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  Master scheduling satisfies customer expectations and on-time delivery.

This position supervises:

• Exempt Associates – Small team 1-~10 associates

• 5 years in a Manufacturing or Supply Chain Management environment.

APICs Certification preferred

• Planning/Buying knowledge

• MRP/ERP knowledge

• Interpersonal skills

• Organizational skills

• Teambuilding skills

• Microsoft Office

• SAP knowledge