Strategic Materials Planner & Buyer

Dentsply Sirona; West York (York County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentsply Sirona in the United States is seeking a Buyer/Planner to secure and manage raw, packaging, and semi-finished materials in line with the Master Production Schedule. You will plan production orders, ensure materials meet quality and quantity requirements, and expedite where needed.

You will collaborate with manufacturing, QA, sourcing, and suppliers, maintain master data, and drive improvements to reduce E&O exposure while supporting on-time delivery and site efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or 5+ years combined experience in operations, scheduling, procurement and/or planning.
• APICS CPIM Certification preferred.
• Six Sigma Green belt or higher is preferred but not required.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in operations, scheduling, procurement, and/or planning with demonstrated record of success.

Responsibilities

• Create, validate and maintain a valid materials plan based upon the Master Production Schedule.
• Ensure the right materials are procured at the right time, quality and quantity to minimize production cost.
• Immediate action on any items needing expedited. Follow-up with the supplier on best possible delivery.
• Following up with suppliers on any material that is past due.
• Communicate with manufacturing, plant technical, purchasing, and master scheduling personnel regarding supply problems and their resolutions.
• Lead resolution of short-term supply/demand imbalances for ingredients and packaging materials.
• Identify and initiate response to raw material service/quality complaints from manufacturing.
• Participate in and provide data for evaluation of supplier service performance and work with sourcing and suppliers to improve performance.
• Manage the use of raw materials to ensure FIFO and reduce E&O exposure.
• Participates in daily/weekly planning meetings and represents material plans as appropriate.
• Utilize the system(s) of record to plan and execute raw material and semi-finished procurement and identify issues where appropriate.
• Maintain accurate raw material and supplier master data including planning parameters such as order quantities or lot sizes, lead times and safety stocks.
• Responsible for creating production plans and orders based upon forecasted needs, backorders, and site capacity
• Creating and maintaining BOM’s for products assigned to individual both NPD and existing products
• Working closely with production leads to ensure production plan is on track and achieving targeted monthly compliance
• Work to improve current processes to improve the sites efficiency
• Assist in helping site with various reporting regarding procurement and planning
• Work with Engineering to release engineering batch requests for QA issues or NPD
• Responsible to give updates on back order recovery timing to management and achieve the recovery plan

Skills

Analytical thinking

Production planning

Organizational skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Statistical analysis tools

Job description

Dentsply Sirona in the United States is seeking a Buyer/Planner to secure and manage raw, packaging, and semi-finished materials in line with the Master Production Schedule. You will plan production orders, ensure materials meet quality and quantity requirements, and expedite where needed.

You will collaborate with manufacturing, QA, sourcing, and suppliers, maintain master data, and drive improvements to reduce E&O exposure while supporting on-time delivery and site efficiency.