Senior Buyer/Planner — Strategic Materials & Scheduling

Regal Rexnord; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision and Pharmacy

401k Retirement Plan with Match

Paid Time Off

HSA and FSA

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Regal Rexnord is seeking a Buyer/Planner III to execute purchased and manufactured planning activities for designated product lines, optimizing material flow and supporting the production schedule. This onsite role collaborates with business unit leadership and sourcing management to align with financial plans.

You'll manage PO lifecycles, negotiate terms, schedule production, monitor backlog, and implement strategic sourcing improvements to reduce costs and improve inventory turns across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance or Engineering.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant purchasing experience required, planning and assembly operations experience preferred.
• Prior manufacturing ERP experience required.

Responsibilities

• Develop plans and execute purchase orders based on tactical parameters (supplier choice, price, delivery terms).
• Manage purchase order life cycle (creation, maintenance, follow through) with assigned vendors.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date reorder points and lot sizes for manufactured and purchased components.
• Negotiate pricing and execute purchase orders and agreements with suppliers to support business objectives.
• Place orders from approved suppliers to include verifying pricing, quantities needed, product availability, required delivery dates and best shipment methods.
• Respond to expedite requests from internal and external customers.
• Quote lead times on products to customer service.
• Provide machining and assembly schedules to the production team daily.
• Work with department supervisor to schedule overtime for the production team as necessary to meet customer needs.
• Review sales order backlog regularly and take action to reduce past due orders.
• Work with external vendors and internal departments to expedite components.
• Follow strategic sourcing strategies and supplier selections.
• Alert strategic sourcing if suppliers do not respect commitments and risk delaying the production schedule after having investigated all potential solutions with the Value Stream Manager.
• Manage incoming material flow to ensure inventory is maintained to the optimum level per established parameters.
• Provide strategic sourcing with proposals to improve the material flow from the supplier to the value stream.
• Understand and evaluate supplier processes, capacities and overall business capabilities to identify and implement areas for improvement in cost, quantity, delivery, quality, and inventory turns.
• Monitor order status in relation to production needs to verify materials are received on time.
• Utilize warehouse and inventory control policies and procedures to assure proper inventory levels.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies and determine root causes.
• Support the implementation of standard processes for vendor selection, material flow, and inventory management.
• Generate daily, weekly, and monthly reports as required.

Skills

Supply chain

Vendor management

Purchasing

ERP systems

Kanban

Pull systems

Forecasting

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management

Business

Finance

Engineering

Tools

SAP

ERP

Job description

Regal Rexnord is seeking a Buyer/Planner III to execute purchased and manufactured planning activities for designated product lines, optimizing material flow and supporting the production schedule. This onsite role collaborates with business unit leadership and sourcing management to align with financial plans.

You'll manage PO lifecycles, negotiate terms, schedule production, monitor backlog, and implement strategic sourcing improvements to reduce costs and improve inventory turns across the