Purchasing Team Lead / Material Readiness Planner - #1132375

Responsibilities:

1. Team Leadership – Purchasing Operations

• Lead and coach the Purchasing / Operational Buying team

• Allocate supplier and commodity responsibilities

• Develop team capability in PO management, supplier communication, and escalation

• Establish standard work and follow-up cadence for buyers

• Conduct regular performance reviews and workload balancing

2. Material Readiness & MRP Execution

• Work with Material Planners to translate MRP output into actionable purchase requirements

• Ensure material readiness for the frozen production window

• Validate supplier commitments versus planning priorities

• Maintain visibility of shortages and delivery risks

 3. Supplier Delivery Performance

• Own supplier PO confirmation, rescheduling, and expediting discipline

• Track delivery commitments and escalate chronic under-performance

• Drive OTD (On-Time Delivery-to-request) improvement with suppliers

• Support supplier segmentation and communication cadence

4. Shortage & Risk Management

• Chair or co-chair shortage review meetings

• Classify shortages by root cause (supplier, data, planning, engineering)

• Develop recovery plans and preventive actions

• Provide clear communication to Production Planning and Master Planning

5. Cross-Functional Integration

• Work closely with:

  • Master Planner (MPS priorities)

  • Material Planner (MRP and demand signals)

  • Production Planning Manager (execution protection)

  • Engineering (BOM and change impacts)

• Ensure that purchase actions reflect true production priorities

6. Process & System Improvement

• Improve PO management workflows and automation

• Enhance Navision (or ERP) usage for buying and material tracking

• Contribute to Supply Chain Excellence initiatives

• Support development of dashboards for material readiness visibility

Requirements:

• 5–10 years’ experience in purchasing, materials planning, or supply chain operations

• Experience leading a small team preferred

• Strong knowledge of MRP, PO management, and supplier follow-up

• Experience in HMHV / HMLV manufacturing advantageous

• ERP proficiency (Navision or equivalent)

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

• Calm under pressure; execution-focused mindset