Supply Chain Planner and Buyer

• Utilizes demand forecasts and sales trends to create and maintain demand plans, capacity plans, and master production schedules
• Interfaces with manufacturing, materials, logistics, technical support, purchasing and R&D to ensure availability of necessary raw materials
• Ensures that raw material shortages are identified and resolved in a timely manner
• Drives the resolution process of MRP exceptions and resolves MRP discrepancies
• Provides Order Management and Sales with shipment commitments
• Reviews open order reports and other indicators to ensure a timely delivery of finished goods to support customer demand
• Identifies, negotiates, and resolves conflicts with respect to material and capacity availability and order promising
• Notifies Order Management, Manufacturing, and other internal stakeholders whenever an existing shipment commitment is in jeopardy and recommends alternatives on how the requested demand could be satisfied
• Assists Order Management, Sales, and Marketing in setting priorities when demand exceeds supply
• Maintains inventory levels within established goals and guidelines and recommends adjustments in stocking levels
• Monitors and implements actions to minimize raw material and finished goods scrap
• Helps to maintain Bill of Material (BOM) structures as required
• Participates as a reviewer/approver in the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process
• Reviews cycle count and/or physical inventory records and resolves any discrepancies
• Maintains scheduling parameters such as lead times, lot sizes, scales, safety stocks, and other item attributes for all planned items
• Ensures that all processes are conducted according to approved procedures
• Ensures completion of manual product system planning and associated documentation for production as required
• Manages the tactical business relationship between the supplier and Luminex, and ensures the communications are clear and appropriate
• Identifies, evaluates, and manages supply risk exposure and devises risk mitigation measures
• Investigates and drives corrective actions to receiving and accounting problems related to purchase orders
• Scope of work and actions are collaboratively managed with Supervisor
• Works closely with manufacturing, quality, and engineering to resolve issues for current sourced solutions

• Bachelor's Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Science, or equivalent
• 1+ Years Experience in Supply Planning, Demand Planning, or Master Scheduling
• 1+ Years Experience in a Medical Device, Pharma, or other Healthcare field
• 1+ Years Experience using an ERP system in a manufacturing environment
• 1+ Years Experience in using Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• 1+ Years Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)
• 1+ Years Experience in a GMP and/or FDA regulated environment
• Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)-APICS
• CSSBB - Six Sigma Black Belt

competitive salary and benefits package