Supply Chain Planner

Teledyne FLIR; Plainville (CT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is seeking a proactive Supply Chain/Procurement professional to manage the end-to-end material supply from key suppliers to global distribution. The role emphasizes maintaining product availability, expediting orders when needed, and optimizing inventory to support customer demand and maximize revenue.

The candidate will coordinate supplier relationships, place timely orders, review production plans, and monitor delivery performance while ensuring compliance

Qualifications

• Business degree or equivalent experience.
• HNC equivalent qualification in inventory or supply chain.
• Supply chain and/or Inventory planning experience.
• General knowledge of SAP would be an advantage.
• Business understanding of Inventory, logistics, finance, manufacturing.
• A positive attitude and good work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Relationship management of key suppliers for continuous material supply.
• Timely placement of purchase orders and forecasts; negotiate delivery schedules.
• Develop plans and hold weekly supplier review meetings for material production requirements.
• Expedite, reschedule, and cancel purchase orders to meet inventory targets.
• Monitor customer order backlog and prioritize production to maximize revenue.
• Provide updates on material availability and supplier performance.

Skills

Supply chain planning

Vendor management

Inventory management

SAP knowledge

Communication

Education

Business degree

HNC in inventory/supply chain

Tools

SAP

Job description

Be visionary Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research. We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Summary

Management of product supply from key suppliers through to the global distribution warehouses, ensuring finished product availability globally

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Relationship management of key suppliers for continuous material supply.
• Timely placement of purchase orders, circulation of detailed forecasts, negotiation and agreement of committed delivery schedules.
• Develop plans and hold weekly supplier review meeting for material production requirements to ensure a controlled flow of product to meet customer demand for the Business, maximize revenue and optimize working capital turns.
• Expedite, reschedule, and cancel purchase order quantities with key suppliers to achieve business inventory targets while maintaining customer delivery performance requirements.
• Monitor customer order backlog, priorities production to recover, supporting order services teams and maximizing revenue.
• Provide updates on material availability.
• Hold supplier component supply reviews, monitor and circulate relevant procurement issues for support and resolution.
• As needed to support production, create and manage indirect purchase orders using e-procurement tool Teledyne Smart Source (TSS – Ivalua).
• Escalation of supply chain and forecasting issues to prevent excess/insufficient inventory.
• Identify relevant opportunities to destock inventory on hand through rework or alternative means.
• Control Product retirement, plan last time buy quantities including service requirements and depletion of current stock levels to minimize obsolescence costs.
• Measure key suppliers to maintain or improve supplier delivery performance.
• Maintain accuracy of all associated SAP planning parameters and delivery schedule data in MRP system (SAP).
• Perform and/or manage supplier pricing updates, update open purchase orders and supplier info records.
• Periodic review of system parameters including safety stock and transit times.
• Resolve product supply related invoice queries to ensure timely payment of suppliers.
• Identify and implement improvements to the material planning and delivery processes.
• Carry out the role in accordance with all relevant legislation, and following Raymarine’s policies and processes (including but not limited to those relating to ethics, compliance, cyber security, product development, labor and human rights, and the environment).

Job Qualifications

• Business degree or equivalent experience.
• HNC equivalent qualification in inventory or supply chain.
• Supply chain and/or Inventory planning experience.
• General knowledge of SAP would be an advantage.
• Business understanding of Inventory, logistics, finance, manufacturing.
• A positive attitude and good work ethic.

Eligibility & Compliance

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

Company Overview

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day. Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.