Sr. Procurement Specialist (Buyer II)

Position Summary

Job Summary:

The procurement specialist owns the daily performance management of their assigned portfolio of suppliers to ensure necessary flow of purchased material to meet agreed upon customer service levels.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Manages all interactions and activities related to planning, inventory, delivery, kanban and lead time to facility delivery of quality material on time.
• Effective communication and management of suppliers to meet or exceed defined supplier delivery goals.

• Maintain all procurement related master data (info records, source lists, material master fields) to support correct MRP planning and 100% first pass yield of purchase orders (PO's).

• Hold suppliers accountable for their promised deliveries and activities to support production planning.

• Leading monthly (at a minimum) meetings to discuss forecast, open purchase order report, quality, and any other areas that may impact on time supplier delivery.

• Utilize business tools such as SAP and PH Connect to perform job responsibilities.

• Perform activities to ensure delivery of quality products to the warehouse to support customer demands. This includes, but is not limited to, product change notices (PCN's), discrepancy notices (DR's), supplier requests (SR's), frozen planning and follow-up of late material in inspection.

• Demonstrate sufficient level of initiative to meet or exceed performance against key performance indicators (KPI's) such as supplier delivery, inventory, MRP exceptions, and demonstrate initiative to continuously improve performance against these KPI's.

• Minimal travel is required but expected as needed.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business or other related fields

• 2+ years' experience in operations, supply chain, purchasing, or other related function

• MRP/ERP knowledge

• Fluent in English, both written and verbal

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification from professional supply chain or purchasing organizations (APICS, ISM, etc.)

• Prior SAP experience, preferably in the MM module

Conditions of Employment

This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S. Government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Additional Comments:

The essential functions have been provided as example of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions. The job description is not intended to be an inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to describe the general nature of the position.

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

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Drug Tests

Drug-Free Workplace
In accordance with Parker's policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.