Encorr Sheets, an affiliate of Schwarz Partners and corrugated manufacturing industry leader, is currently seeking a Maintenance Purchaser/Planner at our state of the art facility in Ontario, CA. As the Maintenance Purchaser/Planner, you will be responsible for the general purchasing functions for the maintenance operations in accordance with established company standards and the planning within the maintenance department. This includes scheduling work performed by techs along with the limited supervision of the techs. Responsible for supporting the Plant Engineer and the company vision of transforming the maintenance department to a reliability and performance-based organization supporting the achieving the goals of the plant.
Encorr Sheets truly values our employees as our greatest asset and we strive to support both you and your family at work and in life.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS FOR THIS POSITION
Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier’s reputation and history. Responsible for maintaining record keeping of parts and supplies, inventory of fixed assets, parts and supplies uses in the process of manufacturing corrugated sheets.
Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services. Ensure standard operating procedure is current. Assist management with purchase of capital equipment and manage repair and maintenance aspect of the capital budget/spending.
Negotiate, or renegotiate, and administer contract with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives based on established company policy or procedures. Maintain price records and handle discrepancies as they arise.
Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time, and in the event of problems trace shipments and follow up on undeliverable goods.
Confer with management, users, and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services and determine corrective action.
Evaluate and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and to determine need for changes.
Must maintain tracking of all purchase orders, receivers, and the accounting checkbook for reconciliation for month end process. All expenses occurred within a month must be recognized within the month. Meet with accounting AP personnel at month end to determine proper accrual of Pos received/performed but not invoiced by vendor yet.
Maintain all vendor-based consignment inventories such as BHS pick and pay or other manufacturing supply consumables.
Write and review product specifications, maintaining a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased.
Monitor changes affecting supply and demand, tracking market conditions, price trends or future markets.
Assure reliable physical assets and operating systems to manage and maintain the state-of-the-art strategy to monitor inventory of parts and equipment to avoid downtime.
Ability to communicate with all levels of the company including corporate effectively and professionally, management, co-workers, and vendors.
Responsible for directing, scheduling, and controlling all plant maintenance functions including managing lubrication functions in order to obtain optimum efficiencies from the equipment, utilities, and overall facility.
Inform management of upcoming price increase, improved product availability, lack of product availability, and economical alternatives.
Measure leading indicators of reliability in maintenance through condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, training, planning, scheduling, stores, and tool time. Perform root cause analysis and help develop solutions to increase plant performance.
Ability to calculate mathematical figures such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, volume, and net present value.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of…