Procurement & Planning Leader

Working at Watlow

Watlow is a global technology and manufacturing leader who provides world class engineering expertise through innovative thermal products and systems, enabling our customers to thrive. We are making a positive impact every day as our solutions enrich the lives of people everywhere. We have been providing breakthrough thermal solutions for nearly a century. Our corporate values guide us uncompromisingly to always do the right thing, continually learn and improve, respect everyone, and lead with service and humility.

Position Title: Procurement & Planning Leader

Position Summary: This position is responsible for all aspects of material planning, purchasing, and optimization of production planning and scheduling with clear ties to production leadership to ensure seamless customer delivery. Leads purchasing and planning team members in day-to-day activities to ensure raw materials are acquired and delivered in the most timely/cost-effective manner possible and production schedules are developed to meet customer backlog and sales forecast. Influences the optimization of production schedule with clear ties to account and order management leadership to ensure seamless customer delivery.

Skills, Abilities and Mastery (Responsibility Matrix): Delivery:
* Collaborates with account management, planning, scheduling and site leadership for material availability

* Engages with suppliers to ensure material deliveries support production plan

* Provides proactive daily communication of potential part shortages and corrective action * Updates and publishes operational key performance metrics

* Ensure purchasing and receiving transactions allow for seamless payment to suppliers

* Coaching Forward - Create and/or foster a team environment that demonstrates genuine concern for the personal and professional development of all team members, regularly recognizing team members

* Communication - Communicate effectively with all team members

* Team Building Skills - Ensure the Watlow Way is fully deployed

* Goal/Metric Deployment - Direct operations in accordance with Value Stream Assessment (VSA) plan and strategy deployment.

* RCCA (Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action)/Problem Solving - Solve problems rapidly utilizing the root cause corrective action process and tools, and coach team members to utilize the tools as well.

* Manages data from Time & Attendance System and effectively manage manpower to meet capacity requirements.

* Leads department team members to ensure that people, quality, delivery, cost and growth are continuously being improved on to achieve strategy deployment objectives.

* Leads / Participate and supports Lean events - Ensure that Continuous Improvement (CI)/Lean techniques are being utilized to sustain daily operational improvement.

* Utilizes the daily operating system to drive PQDC (People, Quality, Delivery, Cost) performance at the cell level, i.e.

* Assures Managing for Daily Improvement (MDI) effectively deployed into supply chain operations

* 6S - Ensure the development and deployment of a safe and healthy work environment including appropriate training in safety practices.

* Follows Standard Operating Process (SOP) for Materials Team Leader

* Establishes processes to effectively communicate changes in supply and demand to the supply base

* Provides support to production scheduling on all material flow issues to meet production schedules and customer requirements.

Education, Experience and Certification Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience (5-8 years)

* Technical certification preferred

* Project management experience

* Leadership training

Benefits: The Watlow Total Compensation Plan

The health, well-being and financial stability of you and your family is a high priority to us. The Watlow Total Rewards Plan includes competitive compensation and a full range of life and career enhancing benefits:

• Annual Incentive Program
• 401(k) plan that includes a company match on your contribution and an annual company contribution that is tied to company performance
• Wellness incentives
• Employee Personal Assistance Program
• Dental, medical, vision and short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Paid holidays, personal time, and vacation
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement

Diversity & Inclusion

We proactively embrace diversity in all its dimensions across our company and cultivate a culture of inclusion and forward thinking that respects and reflects each team member's individual strengths, views, and experiences. Watlow takes pride in being an inclusive equal opportunity employer and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Please let us know confidentially if you need or require any special accommodations to participate in our recruiting process by emailing us at accommodations@Watlow.com.