Their primary responsibilities include executing inventory planning strategies and purchase order management to support excellent customer service while balancing companies inventory and cash flow goals.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with sales and customer service, reviewing potential orders and communicating/documenting support plan, identifying options and providing lead times to support customer requirements.
  
• Develop ordering, supply plan, and inventory projections in order to manage inventory turns.
  
• Place PO\'s with suppliers (primarily in China) and expedites/monitors production and shipments as needed to support customer orders.
  
• Place PO\'s with suppliers (primarily in China) and expedites/monitors production and shipments as needed to meet orders.
  
• Recommend capacity additions and/or inventory builds based on demand signals.
  
• Review customer orders and reacts/adjusts supply plan accordingly.
  
• Conduct freight analysis and recommend optimum solution balancing cost and service.
  
• Develop special production plans, manage, execute and communicate such plans for large customer orders.
  
• Manages supply planning of supplied raw materials and other raw material supply issues with China suppliers.
  
• Maintain current targeted ship dates and receipt dates on all PO\'s in system and helps measure vendor OTS performance.
  
• Communicate (email and phone) with China suppliers as needed both during the day and the evening.
  
• Drive specific cost savings projects to deliver savings to the organization.
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelora??s degree, preferably business.
  
• 3+ years procurement experience in conjunction w/supply chain/materials management.
  
• Experience with managing Asian suppliers.
  
• Excellent project management skills.
  
• Ability to handle many priority projects at the same time.
  
• Intermediate Excel and basic Word skills.
  
• AS400 experience a plus