Supply Chain Specialist - temp to perm

Dakota Systems, Inc.; Dracut (MA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Dakota Systems, Inc. is adding a position to our purchasing/planning department. This role will at first be payrolled through a temp agency. The work week is M-F, in-house, 7:30-4:00.

Key responsibilities include coordinating cycle counts, purchasing activity, vendor interface, order confirmations, and weekly open order reports to ensure timely deliveries. You will also expedite shortages and collaborate with production, planning, and inside sales to meet schedules.

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing/planning environments.
• Knowledge of cycle counting and vendor coordination.
• Ability to review forecasts and schedules against capacity.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily cycle count activities with materials group
• Action purchase order acknowledgments
• Interface with vendors
• Process order confirmations for Purchasing group
• Send open order reports to vendors weekly to acknowledge dates will be met for upcoming deliveries
• Work with receiving to review any problem orders and action as necessary
• Expedite parts shortages and past due parts and initiate corrective action to remedy shortage problems while maintaining expedite log
• Strong understanding of contract manufacturing processes and dynamics, ensuring effective collaboration and negotiation for optimal sourcing outcomes
• Plan work orders to go to shop floor by using Visual and forecasts that come from customers
• Review Visual Reports to adjust schedules due to labor constraints
• Work with Inside Sales, Engineering and Production on projects to ensure adherence to agreed upon production schedule
• Review customer forecasts to plan materials and capacity accordingly
• Run shortage report as needed
• Process customer expedite requests and maintain logs by working with Purchasing and Production to determine best delivery date based on parts and labor

Skills

Purchasing

Planning

Vendor interface

Cycle counts

Job description

We are adding a new position to our purchasing/planning department. This position will at first be payrolled through a temp agency. The work week in M-F, in-house, 7:30-4:00. Rate range while temp is $32.69-33.65 depending on experience.

Key Responsibilities

Materials:

• Coordinate daily cycle count activities with materials group

Purchasing:

• Action purchase order acknowledgments
• Interface with vendors
• Process order confirmations for Purchasing group
• Send open order reports to vendors weekly to acknowledge dates will be met for upcoming deliveries
• Work with receiving to review any problem orders and action as necessary
• Expedite parts shortages and past due parts and initiate corrective action to remedy shortage problems while maintaining expedite log
• Strong understanding of contract manufacturing processes and dynamics, ensuring effective collaboration and negotiation for optimal sourcing outcomes

Planning:

• Plan work orders to go to shop floor by using Visual and forecasts that come from customers
• Review Visual Reports to adjust schedules due to labor constraints
• Work with Inside Sales, Engineering and Production on projects to ensure adherence to agreed upon production schedule
• Review customer forecasts to plan materials and capacity accordingly
• Run shortage report as needed
• Process customer expedite requests and maintain logs by working with Purchasing and Production to determine best delivery date based on parts and labor