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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Andover, Mn

Responsible for all planning activities and some purchasing activities, new product sourcing, and supplier development relating to key intercompany/3rd party suppliers across multiple product lines.Responsible for maintaining the production plan to ensure parts are built on time to meet the customer’s request dates.Manage purchase orders with suppliers based on material requirements driven by MRP/Pull messages in relation to customer orders, inventory target levels and forecasts.Produce and document cost savings through purchasing negotiations and finding new, innovative materials and methods.Responsible for meeting or exceeding pre-established procurement and production goals.Assists in selecting and evaluating suppliers. Develop alternate sources, evaluate vendor performance and delivery schedule.Set and monitor key inventory levels in MRP, Pull and MPS databasesSupport new materials development efforts by researching and securing suppliers, getting quotes, and communicating quote results to the cross-functional team.Generate and maintain capacity reports (daily and weekly). Monitor and communicate capacity/resource limitations timely.Attend periodic meetings to update sales and production.Assist in master planning by taking long and short term viewpoints for production scheduling, capacity planning, and inventory planning.Create work orders and distribute to appropriate warehouse team members for kitting.Effectively communicate remotely to international business partners and inter-company contacts to ensure procurement of materials, production build coordination and logistics activities occur timely and seamlessly.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Organize production schedules for a nationally recognized structural steel company. Purchase materials and negotiate pricing of these materials for both projects we are presently working on, as well as future jobs. Assist in estimating production hours for jobs we are bidding on. Maintain an organized inventory and keep allocations up to date on materials used for specific jobs.

 Help the customer by accurately inputting vehicle data into computer system and generate pricing and availability options for the items requested. Also assist with crediting accounts when resellable returns, core items or warranty items have been brought back by the purchasing customers, while sending over stocked items or items that are not selling back to the warehouse to reconcile inventory. High organizational skills are needed to insure the proper vehicle parts reach the various repair shops on a daily basis.

 Follow production specifications and fill out production logs for each hydraulic press to ensure that parts produced are up to ISO 9001 quality standards. Operate various hydraulic and air presses and produce metal parts for various companies, specifically the production of parts for the newest line of Arctic Cat snowmobile frames. Visually inspect parts as they are produced to ensure production standards are being met, and consulting with Quality Control if there are any discrepancies.