Purchasing Coordinator
NHK Seating of America, Inc.
Frankfort, IN
Purchasing Coordinator
NHK Seating of America, Inc.
Frankfort, IN
- $50,000 to $55,000 Yearly
- Full-Time
Job Description
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Job Description
Qualifications, Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- Good understanding of manufacturing process, quality and purchasing
- Good written and verbal skills, and the ability to communicate clearly and professionally.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Teams and other computer programs as required
- Good math analytical skills to evaluate costs
- Work efficiently within a cross-functional team
- Ability to travel to suppliers as needed (25%)
- Bachelor's Degree
- Purchasing/Sales/Account Management - 1 year experience
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform related duties as assigned by Supervisor.
- Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures.
- Initial point of contact for suppliers regarding production, commercial, quality, etc. concerns and/or issues.
- Issue Engineering Request for Quote (ERFQ) to current and potential Suppliers for new model parts.
- Issue Engineering Change Notice (ECN) to Suppliers to evaluate pricing for design changes to current and new production parts.
- Review all submitted Supplier pricing against cost models to determine legitimacy and accuracy of proposed pricing.
- Work closely with suppliers on Kaizen, VA/VE and cost down activities.
- Establish and foster relationship between NHK and Suppliers to create a cooperative working relationship.
- Track all price changes based on market conditions, design changes and cost down activities.
- Approval of Invoices for payment in Intellichief System.
- Issue Purchase Order to Suppliers for mass production, trial parts, tooling, service parts, etc.
- Work closely with other departments during New Model Development on tooling schedules, trial events, etc,
- Understanding of how to read part drawings to compare against pricing submitted by Supplier.
- Create and maintain cost models and commodity price changes on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis.
- Use of analytical skills to compare costs against multiple suppliers within commodities, materials, etc.
- Overall Supplier Management for all activities, including quality, delivery, production, costing, development, etc.
- Proficient negotiation skills for pricing, development timing, new model awards, etc.
- Work closely with Suppliers to improve in areas where they may not meet NHK standards and/or expectations.
- Ability to lead meetings with Suppliers and/or internal NHK members regarding the supply chain.
- Hold Suppliers accountable for production, shipping, quality, etc. issues that arise and work with other departments to resolve.
- Provide management with concise updates of open issues and actions being taken to resolve as well as seek guidance as needed.
- Other duties assigned by Purchasing Management Staff to increase the efficiency of purchasing department.
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