Senior Planner Buyer

**Job Function**:
Supply Chain Planning

**Job Sub**Function**:
Production Planning & Scheduling

**Job Category**:
Professional

**All Job Posting Locations**:
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, United States of America, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

**We are searching for the best talent for Sr Planner Buyer to be in Juarez/Puerto Rico City.**

**You will be responsible for**:
Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

- Drive customer service and inventory results for their assigned codes.
- Create the product, sales and inventory plan on a monthly basis.
- Provides guidance on any activity that affects capacity required to achieve the long-term production volume, which would include making recommendation to the Procurement/suppliers on the need to identify / create additional capacity to achieve the production requirements.
- Create and communicate the production and inventory business plan.
- Ensure optimum mix of codes and quantities are scheduled to the optimum inventory levels.
- Drive raw material redirect and allocation process to improve customer service.
- Optimize system-planning parameters to drive accurate production signals and inventory targets (safety stock, period of supply, period order quantity, DOD, builds/time phased safety stock, purchased item lead times, purchased item parameters).
- Ensure planned events (conversion / transfers.projects) affecting supplier or productions do not impact customer service or inventory goals.
- Provide information as necessary to track / trend customer service, inventory and performance metrics (Planning models, purchased orders).
- Lead SLOB process.
- Document business processes to support business continuity.
- Schedule the supply of materials/components to meet production requirements and minimum safety stock levels
- Assess requirements against planning assumptions
- Day-to-day order management and management of deliveries
- Understand and handle risks to minimize impact on production schedule
- Take follow-up actions in relation to material shortages that affect production
- Use Material Requirements Planning system (MRP) to ensure that data is accurate and up to date and resolve any issues as required
- Monitor inventory levels against agreed target levels
- Support Procurement lead on improvements to business processes.
- Perform other work-related duties as assigned by supervisor.
- Follow current compliance regulations and standards.
- Comply with all federal regulated programs.

**Qualifications / Requirements**:

- A minimum of Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in business, logistics or engineering.
- A minimum of 3 years supply chain, inventory and production experience.
- Strong analytical and computer skills (Excel, Power BI, etc.)
- Supply chain/operations and medical device experience and work experience in a regulatory environment, knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes and procedures is required
- Excellent interpersonal relationship skills are required.
- Ability to test assumptions and scenarios and weigh business risks and opportunities.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrate competency in project management skills
- Consistently meet required training due date target be able to function independently while supporting the overall team’s goals.
- Certification in production and inventory management (CPIM) or certification in supply chain planning (CSCP) is desirable.
- Process Excellence/Six Sigma Certification, Training, and/or use of tools are preferred.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)