Supply Planner Amarante

Supply Planner
Amarante
Amarante, Porto, Portugal

Founded in 1954, Fischer Connectors designs, develops, and deploys
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- end interconnect solutions for ecosystems requiring local transfer and management of data, signals, and power. Its tailored electronic solutions, connectors, and cable assemblies are trusted globally for their reliability in demanding environments.

For our new Plant in Amarante, near Oporto, Portugal, we are looking for a Supply Planner to develop our network of suppliers locally in Portugal and Spain for the indirect materials of our factory in Portugal. Implement the plant’s purchasing process locally to coordinate and monitor purchases, from requisition generation to product delivery and payment. Defining, developing, and maintaining the purchasing department’s analysis and reporting tools.

WHAT YOU WILL DO IN YOUR ROLE:

• Identifying and recommending
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  - class suppliers thanks to benchmarks (technology, delivery time, quality, cost)
• Lead the qualification of new suppliers according to factory standards
• Assess suppliers’ capabilities, performance, and risks and recommend mitigation actions
• Negotiating supply contracts with suppliers

Managing factory requirements:

• Ensuring the availability of components in quantity and time and in accordance with expectations (marking, processing…), while limiting inactive and obsolete stocks
• Ensuring that orders and delivery schedules are monitored
• Analyzing MRP requirements (SAP)
• Communicating requirements and forecasts to suppliers
• Managing the priorities of its product portfolio (internal and external)
• Keeping the technical data in the SAP information system up to date (supplier files, article database)

Purchasing analyst:

• Analyze purchasing data to identify trends,
  - saving opportunities, and areas for process improvement
• Generate regular reports and present the findings, providing insights to improve
  - making

THE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS YOU WILL BRING:

• Higher education in the areas of Engineering, Management, Applied Mathematics, or similar
• Professional experience in Purchasing functions, with national and international suppliers, in an international company specializing in microtechnology (preferably), in the automotive or aerospace sector (Minimum 5 Years)
• SAP knowledge
• Ability to manage high volumes of information and correlate complex processes