Purchasing New Model Senior Staff

TS Tech Americas, Inc.; Indiana; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown company is seeking a purchasing and materials specialist to coordinate build outs, supplier readiness, and sub-supplier activities for new model events. The role involves close interaction with Production Control, Purchasing, and Material Service to ensure timely ordering and documentation.

Responsibilities include maintaining supplier packets, updating New Model lists, and ensuring 3000 verification and alignment with mass production schedules.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating with Production Control, Purchasing, and Material Service.
• Ability to prepare and distribute supplier packets and coordinate sub-supplier activities.
• Familiarity with QAD or similar ERP systems and purchasing documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide build out item lists and new items lists to Purchasing after production notification.
• Ensure timely ordering of products or parts for New Model events and training material.
• Maintain sub-supplier management and schedule sub-supplier NMRs.

Skills

Purchasing

Supplier management

Procurement

Communication

Project coordination

MS Excel

Tools

QAD system

MS Office

Job description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• After receiving build out notification from Production Control group, provide build out item list, as well as new items list for upcoming models to Purchasing group as soon as possible.
• Ensure products or parts for New Model events and training material for Production are ordered in a timely manner.
• Maintain sub-supplier management and ensure their readiness by scheduling and conducting sub-supplier NMRs.
• Complete sub-supplier set up activity in QAD.
• Coordinate and communicate regarding New Model Purchasing activities within the Material Control group (Purchasing/Material Service/Production Control)
• Support sub-supplier evaluations to ensure they meet the purchasing procedures.
• Prepare and distribute New Model sub-supplier packets to them.
• Ensure routing set up and maintenance for all New Model finished goods and phantoms for WIP items.
• Ensure all New Model Purchasing documentation is up to date, accessible, and completed in a timely manner.
• Communicate all New Model supplier activities/event parts delivery to Purchasing representative and work with MS group to pull parts and conduct kit verification meeting prior to each event.
• Communicate mass production change points internally (MI / DCI Summaries, CIFs, etc.)
• Communication of new model change points , new specifications, and design change status (MI / DCI Summaries, CIFs, etc.)
• Maintain and update new model PTC, (both Internal & External) lists.
• Assist change point control activity.
• Receive Event Matrix, decode, coordinate, distribute & submit the Event Build information internally and maintain.
• Maintain and chair weekly New Model meetings, provide required information updates & Update slides.
• Support and ensure 3000 verification system is in place for PP Lot & first 3 months of Mass Pro, request summary.
• Achieve corporate goals and meet quality, delivery, and cost commitments.
• Support development of 5S, TPM and Kaizen programs.
• Ensure safe operations.
• Ability to work within a tight schedule.
• Will ensure daily control items align with the company business plan and key objectives/metrics.
• All other duties as assigned.
• Must be able to utilize customer specific portals and databases as it aligns with the above duties.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Ability to walk, stand, sit, climb stairs, use fingers, hands, wrists, arms, lift and/or move a maximum of 25 lbs. occasionally.