Technical Planner/Buyer

This position requires close collaboration with the Manufacturing, Marketing, Engineering, and Quality Assurance Departments.  Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, negotiating supplier pricing with optimized delivery planning, negotiating supplier terms & conditions, ensuring satisfactory supplier delivery performance, coordinating with Quality Assurance to ensure supplier quality, processing purchase orders, and partnering with inventory management teams to achieve working capital goals.

• Education: Associates Degree, High school diploma or GED along with one year certificate from college or technical school.
• Work Experience: One (1) to three (3) years related experience and/or training.
• Alternative equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

In addition, possess the following:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Computer proficiency with MS Office and Outlook (i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). Ability to navigate various freight software, labeling matrix programs, and Internet literate for on-line forms processing.
• Ability to solve practical problems and work with ambiguity where standardization may be absent.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to compute basic math, units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals, and percent.
• Must have a good working knowledge of part numbers and part usage and understand applications for use.
• Must be able to understand quality standards, methods and reporting as required.
• HAZMAT certification is required.
• This position must meet “US Person” Export Control Requirements as defined by 22 CFR 120.62 - “US Person means a person who is a lawful permanent resident as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).” Or a successful foreign person candidate must be eligible to obtain any required export authorizations.”

PHYSICAL DEMANDS  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand, sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical equipment or mechanical parts.
• Should be open to occasional, short-term domestic travel when / if necessary.  

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status