Job Description

Summary:

The role of the Supply Chain Specialist is to handle all duties relating to supplier development, purchase order processing, and production planning.

Responsibilities:

• ERP driven (requirements for implementation)
• PO processing
• Identify suppliers
• Assist with in-depth cost, lead time and technical reviews across the supply chain team to maximize supply chain growth potential.
• Assist with mitigation plans for tariff impacts and work to identify opportunities to navigate and mitigate excess costs to limit negative impacts.
• Assist Supply Chain Director with supplier selection, development and long-term agreement opportunities
• Assist Production Planning with scheduling tasks, material management and work order processing as needed.
• Assist with 3rd party sourcing:
  • Research vendors
  • Request quotes / evaluating
  • Analysis of Headquarter vs. Supplier lead-times
  • Cost analysis between suppliers
• Assist Senior Purchasing Specialist with production support efforts in Purchasing:
  • Place stock POs for parts needed for work orders.
  • Provide input for re-ordering parts based on the demands.
  • Track part availability
  • Create work orders for 3rd party manufacturing (which requires Production QC efforts)
  • Back-up production planning for work order creation
• Identify and help develop process improvements
• Review order history and propose adjustment to order point quantities
• Coordinate stock orders with BASMA / Purchase parts and materials
• Miscellaneous urgent orders
• Support and test work instructions and provide feedback
• Promote customer focus

This is a full-time (non-exempt) position, and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 12:00pm and 12:30pm to 4:30pm.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED with at least 5 years of experience in purchasing and customer service in the manufacturing industry and/or a supply chain related 4-year degree.
• Knowledge of MS Outlook, Excel, Word, ERP systems. Comfortable using computer applications to maintain large amounts of information, input/retrieve data, and create reports to communicate the information.
• Ability to understand basic technical context, shipping documents, orders, etc.
• Good arithmetic and deductive skills
• Solid understanding of import and export laws, regulations, and documentation.

Competencies

• Excellent communication skills, team player
• Self-motivated and can work unsupervised
• Ability to effectively respond to emergency situations
• Identify and resolve problems, demonstrate persistence and overcome obstacles
• Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness
• Gather and analyze information skillfully
• Strong decision-making skills and able to develop alternative solutions

Non-exempt position – Non-exempt employees will receive overtime pay at 1.5 times the calculated hourly rate for time worked more than 40 hours per week.

Computer and Language Skills:

• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• Ability to write routine correspondence and emails.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of MS Outlook, Excel, Word, ERP systems. Comfortable using computer applications to maintain large amounts of information, input/retrieve data, and create reports to communicate the information.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Additional Information

BENEFITS: We offer medical and dental plans (the company pays 83% of the premium for employees and eligible dependents); company-sponsored health reimbursement accounts (HRA); Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for medical and/or dependent care, company-paid short-term and long-term disability plans, company-paid life insurance and AD&D plan; voluntary vision plan; voluntary pet insurance; voluntary identity theft protection plans; voluntary life, and dependent life plans at discounted group rates; a 401k retirement plan with a 4% company match, company paid holidays and generous a PTO plan.

Should you meet the above requirements and qualifications and feel like this position seems like a perfect fit for you, please submit your resume along with a cover letter including your salary expectations.

Bausch+Stroebel’s US Headquarters is located in Branford, CT

https://us.bausch-stroebel.com/

Bausch+Stroebel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Bausch+Stroebel provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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