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Production Buyer

Fluke
Everett, Washington, US
$62.2K-$115.6K a year
Full-time

Responsibilities

  • Communicate and coordinate with factory teams to ensure continuous supply of products, meeting quality and delivery standards.
  • Resolve any vendor line-stopping issues.
  • Driving forward our Lean culture by implementing consignment, Kanban, just-in-time, postponement, and other materials strategies to reduce inventory while maintaining inventory availability.
  • Develop action plans and countermeasures with schedulers, development, and factory teams for inventory control.
  • Work closely with the Strategic Sourcing Team to ensure low-cost regional sourcing, supplier assessment & management.
  • Participate and initiate continuous improvement using appropriate FBS (Fortive Business System) tools.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with the New Product Introduction team to ensure the successful launch of new products from engineering design to production in the factory.
  • May coordinate and supervise the integration of new production cells from one location to another.
  • Establish and maintain standard work and / or consistent training in the materials team.
  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or similar
  • Proven track record in tackling complex problems related to inventory control
  • Must be proficient in Excel
  • Self-starter who seeks out ways to improve processes before being asked
  • Ability to be effective in a fast-paced, metric-driven environment
  • 1-4 years of progressive experience in planning, purchasing, and inventory control within a lean manufacturing environment.
  • Good time management and organizational skills
  • The ability to prioritize and balance multiple projects at once.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • 30+ days ago
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