Full-time

Sunnyvale California United States

No

Experience Required:

• 5-8 years of experience as a Buyer Planner or in a similar procurement role.
• BPO experience Experience required in the Procurement domain (Buyer Experience)

Must have skills:

• Create Purchase order transactions on the fly and knowledge of SAP
• Knowledge of supply and demand planning
• The candidate must combine a working knowledge of world-class supply chain practices, strong analytical capabilities, strong leadership skills, and business savvy.
• Effective communication, influencing, and negotiation in a matrix organization including one-on-one, small and large groups, and with peers and executives.
• Knowledge of Reporting tools such as Business Objects, Tableau, or similar is a
  plus.
• Knowledge of other procurement software.

Responsibilities:

Optimize planning process, execute weekly plans to minimize future gaps by reviewing new buy and repair plans recommended by the planning system.
Keeping planning system master data up to date and initiate Engineering Change requests based on the material life cycle.
Manage procurement and repair activities including setting up repair supply chain , execute, expedite the repair purchase orders, streamlining the repair cycle, working with supplier manager to ensure supply plans meets requirements. Resolve shipping and receiving issue , invoice variance , payment isuse and manage purchase orders reconciliation with the suppliers.
Responsible for key performance metrics such as backlog, fill rate, inventory turn, purchase orders price variance and past due delivery management.
Analyze forecasted demand, inventory, develop weekly supply plans that meet customer demands. Results should meet AppleCare's target of fill rate, while minimizing total inventory cost
Analyze and resolve product backlogs, fill rates on a daily basis. Identify problem areas, and drive appropriate functional groups to correct.
Identify opportunities for system enhancement and work with key business stakeholders and IT to implement continuous system improvements