Planner/Buyer Sr

At Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS), a Dover company we are taking fueling and convenience retail to the next level. We are passionate about cultivating excellence in everything we do, but what really fuels us is our people. They’re the heart of our company. As an employee, our promise to you is that you’ll work on new and innovative products and solutions, be mentored by managers and teammates who are collaborative, caring, and act with integrity, and have the opportunity to grow in ways that are meaningful to you. Unique and interesting projects – both locally and globally – will challenge you and allow you to pursue different and rewarding career paths.

 

Headquartered in Austin, TX, DFS has a significant technology development and manufacturing presence worldwide, including facilities in Brazil, China, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

 

Based in Downers Grove, IL, Dover Corporation® (NYSE: DOV). Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of approximately $8 billion.

 

Overall Scope:

 

The Sr. Planner/Buyer will lead projects and initiatives with broad scope and high impact to the business. The Buyer/Planner is responsible for major and complex assignments with long-term business implications related to materials procurement (buying) and will partner with Supply Chain Category Managers in the region to ensure fulfillment of the operating strategy. The ideal candidate will have significant experience sourcing a variety of components in a rapidly changing, quick-turn environment.

This position requires a high level of interaction with engineering teams and operations while following required Procurement Policies and Procedures. This role is primarily responsible for tactical procurement and demand planning activities, exercising business judgment to execute a comprehensive purchasing strategy resulting in superior cost, quality, and availability. The incumbent will have proven experience with eliminating parts shortages, inventory reduction, demand forecasting, materials and production planning, scheduling, lead time reduction, customer service improvement, material flow, pull systems and Kanban implementation and all aspects related to Resource and Operations Management and Supply Chain optimization.
 

Responsibilities:

 

•    Manage relationships with key suppliers to maintain quality of goods, timely delivery, and compliance with terms of contracts (Minmax/Stocking programs).
•    Effectively manage the planning and purchasing of material to support production requirements, creating deviations, implementing ECOs and expediting parts as necessary.
•    Monitor performances to the material plan and take pro-active action to solve problems and mitigate risk in meeting customer requirements and inventory targets.
•    Provide leadership in using advanced planning tools to model, simulate, and release optimized material plans to the organization and in developing, planning and implementing the master schedule.
•    Participate in daily production and shop floor lines stoppage meetings.
•    Provide technical leadership on MRP problem identification and resolution.
•    Participate in developing junior Planner/Buyers to meet production schedules, buyer metrics, and organizational goals.
•    Represent department and support New Product Development project requirements.
•    Participate in continuous improvement initiatives using LEAN tools (A3, PDCA, 5Why) that lead to measurable improvement in organizational objectives.
•    Lead forecast process development to enhance organization’s predictability.
•    Interface with design engineering, sourcing, production control, manufacturing assembly, receiving, logistics, quality, IT, and accounts payable.

 

Requirements:

 

Education:

 

•    Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Business Management, Business Administration or related discipline strongly preferred, or comparable combination of education and experience required.

 

Experience:

 

•    5 years of experience in planner / buying functions, as well as knowledge in shop operations, facilitation and production control in a manufacturing environment, production planning, inventory management principles and practices, or materials management disciplines
•    Customer centric mentality
•    Strong analytical, organizational, time management and prioritization capabilities
•    Proven leadership and negotiation skills
•    Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
•    Demonstrated record of achievement in a prior Supply Chain role
•    Knowledge of the manufacturing process
•    Familiarity with production control systems and rou