Material Planning & Purchasing Manager – PT. Uwatec Batam
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC, is a global enterprise with over 36 year history and more than 1,300 employees operating across 23 locations. They design, manufacture, and market world’s best-known outdoor recreational products. The Company’saward-winning innovation is fueled by a unique passion for outdoors, coupled with sophisticated market research and cutting edge technology to advance a continuous pipeline of new products across four categories : Marine, Electronics, Watercraft, Outdoor Equipment and Diving.
The diving leading brands SCUBAPRO and UWATEC command market-leadership positions in the state of the art and innovative diving products. The manufacturing operations Batam Indonesia, PT. Uwatec Batam is now looking for:
Material Planning & Purchasing Manager
The Material Planning & Purchasing Manager role covers the material planning, purchasing, and execution for all the material requirements at the Batam Manufacturing site. The incumbent works in close collaboration with the production manager and Plant Manager to deliver the production schedule that meets the inventory requirements of business. In addition the incumbent will work in collaboration with the strategic sourcing manager based in Switzerland and the central planning manager based in Antibes French, and be responsible for all activities related to purchasing and management of material inventories at the plant.
Other activities performed in this role include the following:
Daily Material Requirements and procurement activities
New product introduction and critical path
Price maintenance and reconciling invoice discrepancies
Maintenance and accuracy of the Bill Of Material
Supplier relationship
Cycle counting and material inventory reconciliation, discrepancy investigation
Work with the quality team for disposition of rejected material
Supplier audits
Supplier performance (Service, Cost, and Quality)
Manage and support Vendors on VMI Vendor managed inventory and Consignment process
Develop and deliver cost savings
Product Life Cycle-managing new material and end of life material for minimal obsolescence
Support global sourcing initiatives and vendor transitioning
Support of sales and operations planning process
