Senior Supplier Scheduler

What you will do:

Under direction of the purchasing manager/ warehouse supervisor and senior buyers, procures assigned materials, components, supplies, equipment and services that meet the operation's requirements for quality, delivery, price, terms, lead times, and inventory levels.

How you will do it:

• Supports senior buyers and purchasing manager on procurement issues, i.e. invoice and receipt discrepancies, expediting orders.

• Procures materials to meet the goals of JCI regarding inventory turns, cost, quality, and customer requirements.

• Assists in the supplier qualification process, per the JCI ISO Supplier Selection Procedure, and supports cross-functional teams in auditing/qualifying new sources of supply including vendor set-up.

• Places purchase orders and communicates blanket order/ master scheduling/ forecasting requirements to suppliers.

• Determines most economical lot size and supplier lead times for purchasing components.

• Quoting activities to ensure best total cost for assigned commodities.

• Partners with Engineering in the new product development initiatives ensuring a thorough understanding of product specifications and researching existing or new products including negotiating price.

• Supports commodity cost reduction, lead time reduction and supplier consolidation projects.

• Supports inventory management programs with supply base that includes vendor stocking, consignment, vendor-managed inventory, etc.

What we look for

Required

• Associate's degree on Business administration, Logistics or Supply chain.

• Two to five years' experience in receiving and shipping and Inventory control experience

• SAP or other ERP experience

• Experience working with multiple sites and facilities.

• Good communication skills both written and verbal.

• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment

• Bilingual English - Spanish