In this role, you will manage value stream from supplier to distribution centre and production plants, and will be responsible for material availability and electrical finished goods inventory management. You will also maintains system inventory records, enter transactions, and achieve customer satisfaction through effective planning and execution. This role will be reporting directly to the Purchasing Team Leader. - Manage flow of goods between Suppliers/Factories and Distribution Center and production plants - Ensure demand for materials is met and deliveries are made on time - Set up weekly/monthly calls with critical vendors - Be responsible for a clear open purchase order book to vendors: regular checks of overdue/non-confirmed/open purchase orders and respective PO rescheduling (expedite, push out, cancel) - Communicate to customer service/OM/production planners in case there are changes to the supply plan that affect promised sales order dates/production orders - Ensure KPIs are achieved based on daily/monthly/quarterly reviews - Purchasing data maintenance in SAP to ensure that purchase orders to suppliers for several areas can be processed timely and in the correct way - Allocate stock and manage inquiries from customer service and be the point of contact at the first escalation level - Manage order confirmation from suppliers - including manual maintenance - first interface to suppliers for all needed clarifications regarding deviation order confirmation (prices, quantities, dates) - Investigate and solve reasons of blocked invoices weekly - Provide Forecast to Vendors and understand the impact - Take follow up actions in relation to material shortages to the DC´s and production plants (end-to-end ownership) - Support any kind of challenging projects and stakeholder of several improvements - Response to queries from Warehouse (ticket system mainly) and support to solve the inbound discrapencies - Bachelor's degree - 2-3 years of experience in a similar role - Experience with SAP MM and MS Office preferred - Fluency in English (both written and spoken) - Strong sense of ownership - Ability to analyze operational problems in a short time based on data-driven KPIs and/or unexpected critical situations (e.g. Delivery Problems)
