Buyer II
An empty treadmill isn’t compelling, but once someone steps on it, the stories are limitless. Our goal is to connect people emotionally to their fitness journey. We are a global team coming from different cultures and backgrounds with a shared passion to achieve and live our mission of inspiring healthier lives.
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PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for the management of purchase orders, inventory & supply for accessories including finished goods, working from MRP system outputs, material requisitions, customer orders and new product development.
PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Monitor the supply versus demand and place purchase orders with established suppliers weekly in order to support the material requirements plan, min/max targets and customer order fulfillment for 900+ items.
- Work with supplier representatives in order to manage prices, production, and shipping & delivery schedules as well as work with suppliers on lead times.
- Manage daily shipping documents from suppliers and validate quantities, pricing, and PO #’s match incoming shipping documents for clearance.
- Manage the custom accessory business; hold weekly meetings with suppliers and internal customers as well as place PO’s for new sales orders and track shipments for quality control.
- Achieve assigned goals regarding backorder lines, inventory levels and inventory turns.
Responsible for timely processing of discrepant material dispositions when appropriate. - Act as lead supply chain representative on NPI (New Production Introductions) as well as current initiatives for cost reductions.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Responsibility breakout:
- 50% weekly planning for purchased finished goods.
- 25% managing shipment documents, updating PO’s with container information, maintaining PO dates based on weekly updates from suppliers
- 15% meetings for NPI, projects, custom accessories, weekly supplier meetings
- 10% responding to internal and external requests.
EXPERIENCE
Three (3) + years Material Planning/Purchasing/Supply Chain experience in a production environment
EDUCATION
B.A. in related field or equivalent. APICS and CPM certification preferred.
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