Purchasing & Inventory Control Analyst

5494

Manufacturing

Saltillo, MX

For over 75 years, BIC has been creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that are a part of every heart and home.

As a member of our team, you'll be a part of reigniting a beloved brand as we continue to reimagine everyday essentials in new, sustainable and responsible ways.

Our "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" approach to work creates an environment where self-starters, problem solvers and innovative thinkers thrive. BIC team members are empowered to take ownership of their careers and bring their unique perspectives to the table to make a meaningful impact on our mission.

It's a colorful world - make your mark by joining the BIC team today.

Job Description

Purchase and manage the flow of packaging materials into the facility to support the shop floor, create finished goods to sell and satisfy our customers' needs. Monitor our vendor’s quality and lead time performance to ensure we are aligning ourselves with companies that will aid in seizing opportunities for BIC and meeting or exceeding our customer’s requirements. Support the inventory strategy and complex warehouse constraints through balancing our run strategy/inventory plan with the constraints of our warehouse space.

What You’ll Do:

• Purchasing / expediting materials from multiple suppliers across multiple product lines and material types

• Release materials daily to ensure orders are met

• Monitoring vendor performance – complete and review supplier score cards quarterly

• Monitoring shipments / flow of materials

• Monitoring slow moving / obsolete inventory

• Assist in purchasing / expediting materials from suppliers across multiple product lines and material types

• Provide timely purchase order maintenance and excellent communication to internal customers/stakeholders, including -Receiving, Production and Accounts Payable, and suppliers.

• Assist in the quality and returns process, processing credits in AS400 and JDE

• Data entry and maintenance of pricing and item master databases. Assist in daily set of up new SKUs into item master matrix

• Assist with purchasing custom projects and attend weekly meetings

• Take initiative, and support processes for purchasing efficiency and excellent delivery outcome.

• Manage the material, receipts, and inventory of 7 other Co-Packaging facilities

• Support identifying, sourcing and commissioning primary and secondary vendors

• Work with Quality and Suppliers on corrective actions and process improvements to reduce non-conforming materials.

• Maintain Master Price File to ensure correct UOM and price are being used for packaging material.

• Assist with purchasing of all custom projects

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree (Supply chain management/Business Logistics)

• Capacity and inventory planning classes or certificates. Supply Planning training (such as APICS or Oliver White) Excellent communication skills and ability to have difficult conversations with suppliers when needed.

• Bachelor’s Degree with at least 2 years ERP experience-enterprise resource planning experience (JDE) and material requirements planning software experience (SAP or Manugistics)

BIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

BIC is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means