Buyer Planner

Siemens is seeking a Buyer Planner in Marion, KY, to manage logistics, inventory, and purchasing strategies. The role involves liaising with vendors and internal partners, conducting forecasting, analyzing performance metrics, and managing supplier relationships. Candidates should have 5 years of supply chain experience, a relevant Bachelor's degree, and strong analytical skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and SAP is preferred. This position is not remote.
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For 175 years, Siemens has been an integral provider of infrastructure, electrification, and transportation solutions in the United States. Automation’s impact on the railway industry is second only to the effects of digitalization. Combine them and the results are transformative! We work at the leading edge of this movement, applying our validated expertise in digitalization to rail infrastructure and automation. Our innovative solutions deliver greater safety, punctuality, reliability, and sustainability across the line, all while reducing costs for mass transit and freight transportation systems. We are continuously developing new answers for rail automation – often to questions that haven’t been asked yet.

We are hiring for a Buyer Planner to join our fast-paced team in Marion, KY, where you will plan and control quantities for assigned logistic processes, inventories and stocks, to ensure a 100% availability of all input factors and to contribute to superior logistic process quality. Multi-tasking, prioritization, and problem-solving will be key skills as this role participates in semi-complex buying strategies to purchase and arrange timely deliveries of supplies and materials. This role is a central liaison which will collaborate with Quality, Engineering, Project Management, Commodity Management and others.
What your day-to-day will look like:
• Vendor and Internal Partner Liaison: Expedite processes and serve as a liaison, obtaining approvals for large purchases and resolving delivery, quality, and invoice issues.
• Project and Purchasing Systems: Update project plans, review requisitions, and handle supply plans for both domestic and international purchases.
• Forecasting and Planning: Conduct regular forecasting and planning for various indicators such as turnover, production, and inventory.
• Metric Analysis and Reporting: Analyze and report on key performance indicators, detect deviations, and recommend corrective actions.
• Supplier Management: Develop supplier forecasts, manage logistical processes, and handle material provision and delivery. Invoice resolution, PO and Requisition maintenance.
• Partner Collaboration: Maintain a network and cooperate with all involved.
• Daily Operations: Review MRP, manage new orders, handle nonconforming materials, update part data, resolve invoice issues, and pull reports from SAP.
• Documentation and Maintenance: Handle supplier-required forms, maintain PO and requisition records, and handle confirmations and late POs within SAP.
To thrive in this role, you have:
• 5 years of overall experience related to Supply Chain.
• 4-year undergraduate Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain Logistics or other relevant subject area.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills and ability to negotiate with both internal and external partners
• Microsoft Suite computer skills, with exceptional skills in Excel & working with large data sets.
• Excellent verbal and communications skills
• Demonstrated understanding of entire supply chain
• Proven data and financial analysis capability (SAP and Tableau preferred)
What will set you apart:
• Successful Negotiation experience
• SAP experience
• Cross-functional/organizational facilitation skills (internal and external)
• Experience in Siemens business systems
• Solid continuous improvement skills

This career is based in Marion, KY. We offer a variety of health and wellness benefits to employees, including PTO, 401k match, and tuition reimbursement. Additional details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html. The base salary range for this position in Marion, KY, is $65,400 - $76,800. The salary may be higher or lower depending on the budget and the candidate's experience, knowledge, skills, and qualifications.

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