Philips Buyer Planner 

United States, Pennsylvania 

567895574

Buyer Planner
Job Description

As a Buyer Planner you will drive customer demand fulfilment by ensuring material availability in the supply chain.

Your role:

• Performing tactical material planning (forecast and handshake feedback) with internal and external suppliers and distribution centers, in an optimized way through the use of planning calculation methods.
• Identifying supply risks and issues, while driving mitigation actions and escalating issues as needed.
• Confirming master data settings are correct to enable touchless replenishment.
• Ensuring continuous harmonization and improvement of material supply processes, safeguarding Philips Global Process execution.
• Monitoring and securing supplier delivery performance and following up on material life cycle, securing in time availability and prevention of obsolescence.
• Performing inventory analysis and policy definition to secure material availability against minimum inventory investments.

You're the right fit if:

• You’ve acquired 1+ years of experience in a buying and/or planning role.
• Your skills include experience with end-to-end visibility on part procurement, mitigation of risks/impact to customers, and assessing demand and bill of materials within SAP. SAP highly desired, other ERP systems may be considered.
• You have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with buying, planning and/or procurement.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this .
• You’re an excellent communicator (both written and verbal). You also have demonstrated leadership experience (direct or indirect) – a plus.

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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion .

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

within commuting distance to Reedsville, PA