Production Planner/Purchaser

Description

Pay Range: $58,000 - $71,000

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401K and PTO after 30 days!

Summary: Perform scheduling, planning and purchasing tasks in support of plant activity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

· Schedule companywide production requirements for stamping, welding, and assembly areas

· Schedule all outside processing as required by the part routing

· Schedule company shipping activities for company trucks

· Develop and maintain successful relationships with vendors

· Coordinate truck driving route between all outside processes

· Supervise truck driving personnel

· Purchase production materials as required by forecast, maintaining quality and delivery standards while minimizing cost

· Monitor supplier quality for incoming product; reject material and charge back suppliers when and where appropriate with quality manager review

· Perform layered audits

· Track raw material costs; manage plant scrap sales

Requirements

Education and/or Experience: 

High School diploma or GED; 3 to 5 years related experience or equivalent combination of education an experience. Knowledge of scheduling and purchasing function in a manufacturing environment, specifically metal stamping. Knowledge of and use of MRP systems.