Procurement Engineer

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.

Responsibilities

• Review daily order reports to identify product requirements: Supplier open order report, Supplier salvage report, Supplier OTP report, Supplier portfolio management.
• Realize savings report.
• Contracting & negotiating with assigned suppliers.
• Create purchase orders.
• Modify existing purchase orders.
• Other activities as part of sourcing system for a wide range of mechanical parts.
• Development of strategic sourcing concept.
• Work with suppliers to balance capacity and requirements to satisfy OTP and inventory levels.
• Review, evaluate and make disposition of excess and obsolete inventory.
• Execute ECN materials actions.
• Manage and reconcile inventory discrepancies due to lost parts and supplier non-conformance issues.
• Backup co-workers as required due to vacation, illness, etc.
• Identify safety stock revisions.
• Assist supply chain with supplier relations by reviewing on a monthly basis.
• Work with engineering, contracts and planner to develop safety stock levels to support project demand.
• Communicate any delays caused by abnormal demand, salvage, scrap or late parts.
• Prepare Regional expense report, Realized savings report, supplier performance report and supplier capacity evaluation report monthly.
• 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.
• Secure and analyze quotations; negotiate price and terms with suppliers and recommend based on cost, quality and delivery.
• Coordinate as appropriate quality matters and engineering changes/developments between manufacturing operations and suppliers.
• Initiate and facilitate problem-solving skills, implement solutions and track results.
• Identify, suggest and implement process improvements by taking own initiative and generating lean projects in purchasing department.
• Establish, retain and maintain data integrity with the current running ERP system.
• Cost reduction initiatives.
• Resolve complex delivery, quality or other related problems with purchases.
• Serve technical focal for special or high-level audits & assessments of supplier’s systems, processes & products.

Position Requirements

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Engineering with a 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.