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.

• 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
• Expedite deliveries
• 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
• Manage supplier/manufacturing stocking programs
• 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 generate 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.

EDUCATION:  
Bachelor of Engineering with minimum of 5 years of experience in relevant filed

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