Senior Buyer/Planner in Eden Prairie, Minnesota at Beacon EmbeddedWorks

CORPORATE SUMMARY

The Company

Beacon EmbeddedWorks is a full-service provider of embedded solutions. Its innovative System on Modules (SOMs) are backed by an extensive suite of customization, security, and support services and its dedicated team of experts provide in-house manufacturing and support to accelerate development and reduce risk.

All Beacon EmbeddedWorks SOMs are designed, manufactured, and supported in its US-based facility in Eden Prairie, MN. As dependable, pre-certified, and feature dense solutions, Beacon EmbeddedWorks SOMs serve the most strenuous applications, including medical, aerospace and defense, and industrial markets. Beacon EmbeddedWorks operates mostly in the US but also has a small customer base in continental Europe and the APAC.

Beacon EmbeddedWorks is part of the Design & Manufacturing division of discoverIE Group plc, a British company listed on the main London stock exchange where it is a member of the FTSE 250 index.

What does joining Beacon mean for you?

• We are a Top 200 Workplace as voted by our employees
• Multiple options for medical and dental coverages
• Paid life insurance and disability coverage
• 401k with match
• 128 hours of time off per year to start
• Paid holidays
• Working for a company that helps save lives with some of our products

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Buyer/Planner instrumental in new supplier sourcing, buying, leading cost negotiations, managing supplier performance, initiating Value-Engineering / Component-Engineering activities, managing commodities through various means including developing market sourcing strategies. Also, creates and maintains a production schedule that proactively ensures seamless material flow to the manufacturing operations in a level-loaded fashion while analyzing demand trends and capacity requirements. The ideal candidate will have experience planning in a manufacturing setting, a strong sense of urgency, and will support a positive and fun work environment.

Reports to: Senior Manager of Strategic Supply Chain

Location: Eden Prairie, MN office

Starting Salary Range: $85,000-$95,000

Key Responsibilities: Supervisory Responsibilities

This role has no direct supervisory responsibilities but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Utilize MRP to buy production parts as well as support manufacturing via MRO purchasing
• Lead, facilitate and drive weekly and monthly schedule reviews with the Customer Team to ensure the plan is up to date and meets customer schedules
• Support purchasing strategies to achieve Quality, Cost, and Delivery performance objectives to improve operational efficiency and profitability
• Identify and support the qualification of new suppliers as needed to support cost optimization, quality improvement, and supplier rationalization objectives
• Understand the capabilities of the machines, production shifts, receiving, and shipping to develop the schedule and update Intuitive (ERP) to reflect those changes
• Determine the detailed material requirements so that work orders can be released along with job packets to the production floor
• Work with Engineering Program Mangers on facilitating pre-production builds to the floor for assembly
• Generate, analyze, and disseminate key reports on order status, Sales, build, and inventory levels
• Manage inventory levels at all 3 stages (raw, wip, and finished) and report issues to the Senior Director of Manufacturing Operations and the CFT
• Analyze monthly forecast exceptions to determine inventory impact collaborate with customer business office to respond to customer demands
• Coordinate analysis and negotiation for customer business office for Excess & Obsolete (E&O) claims
• Utilize Lean tools to improve/redesign processes
• Other possible job duties could include RMA tracking, Export Compliance, and some Project Management.

Essential Responsibilities of all Beacon EmbeddedWorks employees

• Support, demonstrate and drive our core values
  • Lead, don't follow
  • Consistently deliver
  • Never stand still
  • Create relationships not transactions
• Interact positively and professionally with all employees and customers
• Maintain reliable attendance
• Perform work safely and adhere to all safety requirements
• Complete required training as scheduled
• Perform other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field
• Minimum of 4 years experience in a planning/scheduling environment
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• Minimum of 5 years of project management
• Additional experience or education may substituted for each other
• Advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project) required
• Knowledge of business systems including documentation and ERP/MRP environments
• Skilled in Lean Principles
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and strong negotiation skills
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to read, write and otherwise communicate effectively in English
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong sense of urgency, and ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with quickly changing priorities to ensure superior customer satisfaction

Required Qualifications:

• PMP or CPIM certification

Other Considerations

Physical Demands

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

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet, like that of an office setting
• The noise level in the manufacturing area is moderate
• There may be instances when eye protection or other PPE are required
• Travel may be required, infrequently

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

• This is a full-time, on-site position
• Typical days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8am -5pm, but does allow for some flexibility
• It may be necessary to work more than 40 hours per week at times to produce the required results

Work Authorization

• The candidate must meet the definition of “US Person” under ITAR/EAR regulations

Beacon EmbeddedWorks is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer

Please note: This position is not eligible for external recruiter or agency placement and is not open to placement remuneration of any kind. All applications must be submitted directly by the candidate, free from external representation, to be considered for the position.