Purchasing & Supplier Management

• Create and manage POs for components such as bus bars, circuit breakers, contactors, transformers, enclosures, cable assemblies, and switchgear components.
• Identify and qualify suppliers based on engineering requirements, lead times, quality, and total cost.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, lead times, and supplier agreements.
• Monitor supplier performance using on-time delivery, quality PPM, and lead-time metrics.
• Manage spot purchases and blanket POs for standard and custom materials.
• Identify and reduce risks involving single-source, sole-source, and long-lead components.

Material Planning & Inventory

• Use ERP/MRP systems to analyze demand and generate planned orders based on production requirements.
• Maintain item master information, including lead times, safety stock, MOQs, and reorder points.
• Balance inventory investment with production needs while minimizing shortages and excess stock.
• Expedite critical materials and resolve shortages that could affect production or delivery schedules.
• Coordinate material availability with production scheduling and customer delivery requirements.
• Perform cycle counts and physical inventory reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.

Cross-Functional Support

• Work with design and sustaining engineering on NPI, ECO, and BOM activities.
• Partner with Quality Engineering on SCARs, NCM disposition, and FAIs.
• Coordinate with logistics and receiving to track inbound shipments and resolve delivery discrepancies.
• Provide material availability and supply risk information during customer delivery escalations.
• Participate in SIOP and production readiness reviews.

Reporting & Improvement

• Track supply chain metrics including PPV, SOTD, inventory turns, and material shortages.
• Support cost reduction through value engineering, supplier consolidation, and TCO analysis.
• Improve purchasing and planning processes while maintaining ERP data accuracy.
• Support Lean Manufacturing initiatives and participate in Kaizen events involving supply chain and material flow.