Planner I

Perrigo Company is dedicated to making lives better by bringing Quality, Affordable Self-care products that consumers trust everywhere they are sold. Help us do it.

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Description Overview

A Purchasing Planner manages systems and procures direct materials, in accordance with MRP, providing a continuous flow to Operations. Decisions made by this position have a direct impact to the level of service provided to our customers and affects the execution of manufacturing plans. Hours for this position are 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (EST) with a Hybrid work environment. Applicants must live within commuting distance to a Perrigo US Plant.

Scope of the Role

• Functions as Value Stream liaison with Procurement, Operations, and Suppliers.

• Communicates operational needs and supplier capabilities.

• Ensures a continuous supply of materials to the Value Streams.

• Identifies supply chain breakdowns and/or service risks and escalates as appropriate.

• Creates purchase orders, tracks confirmations, and monitors for timely arrival of materials.

• Collaborates with supervisor and executes temporary, non-routine processes for exceptional events until resolved.

• Assesses existing and new materials for applicable changes and maintains master data systems to include but not limited to, order minimums, lead times, safety stock, and rounding values as applicable.

• Routine life-cycle meetings with Procurement to discuss projects, Supplier service levels, receipt issues, and quality concerns.

• Generates and maintains monthly supplier scorecards and forecasts.

• Ensures compliance to SOPs and company policies.

Experience Required

• High School diploma or equivalent; with degree in business, supply chain, or related field preferred.

• Three years supply chain experience.

• Demonstrated strong self-management capabilities.

• Effective oral and written communication skills, and ability to work with internal and external partners.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experience with MRP systems preferred.

• Basic skills with Microsoft Office suite.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment with multiple competing priorities.

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We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by law. Our full Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy Statement is available on our main career site in English and Spanish and will be provided in other accessible forms for persons with disabilities. #DIV

Nearest Major Market: Burlington Vermont