Flex
Specialist–Procurement
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“Specialist – Procurement at Flex. Skills: Procurement, Planning, Supply Chain. Provide expertise and support to the Customer Focus. Ensure materials planning for a specific project”
What You'll Achieve.
Meet challenging performance targets; Achieve Kit on time drop; Meet Customer Schedule; Achieve operating goals
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Min. 3 years in Planning/Supply Chain, Planning and Supply Chain knowledge/experience, Knowledge of computer software applications, MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint, ERP/P2P systems, BAAN / SAP/ Oracle, Knowledge of Engineering BOMs, product structure, EOL Management, ECO Management, complete planning cycle, MPS, MRP, Demand Planning, Materials planning, Production planning, Communication, both verbal and written
Nice to Have
Knowledge of planning tool like Kinaxis, Kinaxis knowledge
What You'll Do.
Provide expertise and support to the Customer Focus
Ensure materials planning for a specific project
Provide materials support to weekly production planned orders
Achieve Kit on time drop to meet Customer
Provide timely Materials status
Use available Shortage reports
Submission of Excess and Obsolete Inventory to the
Work Order Management
Achieve operating goals
Provide faster service to NPI Customer
Effectively communicate with the customer
Protecting business interest of Flex
Analyze customer forecast & shipment using waterfall method
Analyze availability of materials & capacity based on
Coming up with aggressive but achievable loading schedule
Run weekly system reports to determine material shortages
Work on closure of material shortages with buying
Handle work order management based on build plan
Identify and take various inventory management measures
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Customer Focus Team (CFT); buying team
Communication Scope
verbal communication; written communication
Full Job Description
Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. ## Job Summary To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Specialist – Procurement in Coimbatore, India. An experienced planning professional who can quickly and accurately process purchase orders in a fast-paced environment. Has excellent stake holders service skills and works well in a team to consistently meet challenging performance targets. **What a typical day looks like:** * Responsible for providing expertise and support to the Customer Focus Team (CFT), ensuring the ability of the materials planning for a specific project or projects as required providing materials support to the weekly production planned orders and enables to achieve Kit on time drop to meet Customer Schedule. * Key assignments include providing timely Materials status through use of available Shortage reports, Submission of Excess and Obsolete Inventory to the Customer, Work Order Management, inventory management, MRB and DR Management to achieve the operating goals. * Senior Materials Planners for New Emerging NPI Accounts to provide faster service to the NPI Customer to effectively communicate with the customer protecting business interest of Flex. * Working on customer forecast & shipment using waterfall method. * Responsible for analyzing availability of materials & capacity based on customer demand & coming up with aggressive but achievable loading schedule. * Responsible for running weekly system reports to determine material shortages & work on their closure with buying team. * Resp
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