Procurement Engineer

Position Summary:
Manage and procure inventory levels required to meet shipment and operations objectives through manufacturing or purchasing procurement. Interface with Suppliers and Manufacturing personnel as required to meet/exceed Customer Service requirements. Support Marketing lead time requirements for all IP Models. Manage a pre‐determined value of Inventory. Manage service and production parts.

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Review daily order reports to identify product requirements:
   1. Supplier open order report
   2. Supplier salvage report
   3. Supplier OTP report
   4. Supplier portfolio management
2. Realize savings report
3. Contracting & negotiating with assigned suppliers
4. Create purchase orders
5. Modify existing purchase orders
6. Other activities as part of sourcing system for a wide range of mechanical parts
7. Development of strategic sourcing concept
8. Expedite deliveries
9. Work with suppliers to balance capacity and requirements to satisfy OTP and inventory levels
10. Review, evaluate and make disposition of excess and obsolete inventory
11. Execute ECN materials actions
12. Manage and reconcile inventory discrepancies due to lost parts and supplier non-conformance issues
13. Manage supplier/manufacturing stocking programs
14. Backup co-workers as required due to vacation, illness etc.
15. Identify safety stock revisions
16. Assist supply chain with supplier relations by reviewing on a monthly basis
17. Work with engineering, contracts and planner to develop safety stock levels to support project demand
18. Communicate any delays caused by abnormal demand, salvage, scrap or late parts
19. Prepare Regional expense report, Realized savings report, supplier performance report and supplier capacity evaluation report monthly
20. Work with suppliers and manufacturing to establish priorities when bottlenecks exist. Requires making decisions on partial shipments, splitting machining lots and other possibilities to maximize customer service
21. Secure and analyze quotations; negotiate price and terms with suppliers and recommend based on cost, quality and delivery.
22. Coordinate as appropriate quality matters and engineering changes/developments between manufacturing operations and suppliers
23. Initiate and facilitate problem-solving skills, implement solutions and track results.
24. Identify, suggest and implement process improvements by taking own initiative and generate lean projects in purchasing department
25. Establish, retain and maintain data integrity with the current running ERP system
26. Cost reduction initiatives
27. Resolve complex delivery, quality or other related problems with purchases
28. Serve technical focal for special or high level audits & assessments of supplier’s systems, processes & products.

Position Requirements:

EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Engineering with minimum of 5 years of experience in relevant field.

OTHER SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

• Managerial experience preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• PC Literate
• Knowledge of Goulds Pumps Products preferred
• Previous experience in dealing with foundries & casted parts
• Prior experience in dealing with Fabrication & machined parts
• ERP & SAP software fluencies
• Query processing ERP/Excel
• Presentation skills & ability to manage multiple priorities