Buyer III - Connect Staffing Inc.

Connect Staffing, Inc. seeks a Buyer III for a long-term contract role with a top corporate employer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. This individual will be a part of our client's Onboard Services Logistics team which oversees the planning, purchasing, distribution, and delivery of all products used in the passenger cabin. They will provide key information to product and sourcing teams and manage all logistical activities from suppliers to the regional distribution centers. Hourly rate up to $34.00/hr based on experience.  Responsibilities include:

• Perform process engineering to identify areas of opportunity to streamline the end-to-end process.
• Train suppliers on new processes and educate stations on ways to reduce time on the end-to-end process.
• Lead in improving the supply process with their assigned suppliers.
• Perform supply planning and have an active role in assessing supplier reliability while working with the supplier regarding their capacity and determining network routes.
• Communicate operational requirements and costs early in the development and sourcing process. Cost assessment includes projecting total life costs based on source country and cost to deliver to the end location including product price, duties, inventory levels, transport, expected write-offs, etc.
• Decision of introduction method (soft, hard, or hybrid cutover), launch and replenishment forecast, needed supplier, and safety capacity.
• Create and lead cross-organizational product launch and sunset plans.
• Finalize the supply network design and set up inventory locations, levels, global routing, modes of transport, re-order frequencies, and order minimums.
• Monitor and adjust inventory parameters to account for operational realities and changes in the business as needed. This will include at times re-forecasting, root cause analysis, process changes, and resolving performance issues with suppliers and other service providers.
• Train suppliers on company replenishment methods and tools.
• Lead improvement projects across the supply chain to reduce lead times, order pattern variability, and waste.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, IT, business management, or a related field is preferred but not required. Equivalent work experience will be considered.
• At least 18 months-2 years in a materials, inventory, or demand planning role is required.
• At least 12 months of previous buying or purchasing experience 
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel (V-Lookup and pivot tables) data analytical skills, at least 18-24 months of analytical experience is required—able to pull together and combine data from disparate sources to analyze and summarize to generate recommendations and actions. •
• High proficiency in Excel and other database query or reporting tools is required. 
• 1-year experience leading cross-organization launch planning and execution or organizational improvement projects. 
• Excellent communication skills including presentations, training, and cross-organization problem resolution. 
• Knowledge and application of the Theory of Constraints and Lean is preferred. 
• Knowledge and use of SAP is preferred.
  
• 5-15% domestic and international travel is required