Planner/buyer

Location: Mumbai

Overview:
Coordinates activities involved with purchasing and planning of goods, services, and commodities of strategic importance to Revvity. They may plan and procure OEM or Manufactured products for their responsible product portfolio. May also Plan and Procure OEM or production items such as raw materials, equipment, tools, fabricated parts, supplies and miscellaneous items for the entire organization by performing the following duties.

**Responsibilities**:

- The Planner/buyer will Utilize ERP system, (SAP and SAP/APO) to develop near term and long-term production plans.
- Responsible for planning an OEM and/or Manufactured Product portfolio. Maintain forecast performance, stock levels at local and international forward stocking sites.
- Also, will purchase materials following business guidelines. Maintaining vendor masters and performance metrics for existing suppliers and evaluate new suppliers.
- Review purchase requisitions and ERP output for appropriate information and approvals.
- Confers with suppliers to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedules. Work with manufacturing to maintain parity between costing and BOM/Routing changes.
- Runs and sends suppliers Open Order, Past Due Orders, Supplier Requirements and Kanban reports as required. Enters and reschedules purchase orders in the ERP system in a timely manner.
- Interfaces directly with internal customers (i.e. Product Managers, Customer Care, Manufacture partners and suppliers to resolve order status, discrepancies, past due items, and schedule/date changes.
- Resolves invoice discrepancies with suppliers and Accounts Payable.
- Manages Pcards for invoicing approvals.
- Coordinates defective and returned materials with suppliers, Quality Assurance, and others to determine root cause, initiate and follow-up on corrective actions.
- Coordinate office supply ordering and replenishment.
- Runs, compiles, and distributes reports and databases related to inventory, open Purchase Orders, and suppliers. Develop and administrate reports and databases to support multiple business functions as required.
- In addition to understanding of fundamental planning concepts the position requires analytical and computer skills, including the ability to analyze data and structure reports.

Additional Responsibilities:

- Maybe Responsible for licensing review or other similar functions associated with material procurement, MRP/ERP systems, and vendor requirements as necessary.
- Some travel may be required to vendor’s locations or other Revvity sites.
- Cross training into other areas as needed.