Material/Buyer Planner

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At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Material Buyer/Planner - Indianapolis, IN (Onsite)

The Material Buyer/Planner is an active team member in planning and scheduling the delivery of material from suppliers. This tactical position is responsible for monitoring the flow of buy items, guarantees availability of components to avoid material shortages and production downtime, as well as manage inventory levels to meet our customer service and inventory targets.

What You Will Do:

• Process requisitions to determine quantity, specifications, and delivery requirements.
• Place purchase orders using ERP, visual, and KanBan ordering methods.
• From approved supplier list, recommend and select suppliers to fulfill scheduled plant deliveries.
• Maintain ABC classification for planning, and other key inputs into the PFEP process.
• Analyze material and capacity availability to provide customer promise dates for sales orders.
• Ensure optimal inventory levels and safety stock are accurate for their parts.
• Maintain item master lead time information based upon process improvements, current constraints, total current demand by product family, and priority information.
• Maintain material plan at the time fence to ensure continuity of supply.
• Proactively identify and manage shortages working to resolve root causes and corrective actions.
• Review open purchase orders, monitoring vendor performance and expediting where necessary to meet critical requirements.
• Promptly communicate and resolve problems relating to delivery, quality to the supplier.
• Interface with required functional groups to resolve challenging delivery requirements.
• Coordinate solutions with production planners when parts cannot deliver when promised.
• Coordinate with Quality Assurance to resolve quality issues with suppliers.
• Coordinate and understand material specifications in terms of substitutions with Engineering.
• Resolve invoicing discrepancies with suppliers and accounting.
• Communicate forecasts and replenishment plans to supplier.
• Maintain basic knowledge of supplier processes and capabilities.
• Analyze and select parts for SOMI/consigned inventory - Supplier replenishment.
• Manage internal and SOMI/VMI material and parameters to meet schedules.
• Maintain and continuously evaluate supplier performance and escalate to Procurement when issues occur.
• Understanding of Kanban and JIT systems.
• Must possess a strong customer service orientation and must provide dedicated support of internal and external customer requirements.
• Must be a strong written and verbal communicator, able to communicate to various audiences effectively.
• Ability to actively collaborate and work cohesively with others.
• Must be able to build partnerships with external suppliers.
• Must possess ability to work well in a manufacturing environment.
• Must be detail-oriented and self-motivated, able to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasked environment.

What You Need to Succeed:

• Recent college graduates are encouraged to apply.
• BA/BS degree or 2 years minimum planner/buyer manufacturing experience.
• Certification in production and inventory management preferred.
• Considerable knowledge of industry related supply base.
• Skilled in production and supplier scheduling.
• Knowledgeable in supplier processes and capabilities.
• Able to provide direction and training to peers as needed.
• Computer proficient with ERP and Microsoft Office applications.
• Basic mathematical skills.
• Experience in operations, inventory management, MRP and lean manufacturing processes.
• Experience with visual order management methods.

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