Buyer Planner - Softgoods
Posted by Black Diamond Retail, Inc. on 03/04/2021
Job Basics
Industry Sector: Outdoor
Job Categories: Purchasing
Company Type: HardGoods/Equipment
State: UT
City: Salt Lake City
Country: United States
Required Experience:
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: 60,000 - 60,500 / Year
Required to Relocate:
Required to Travel:
Employee May Telecommute: No
Job Seeker Must Live Within:
Job Description & Requirements
The Buyer/Planner (Soft Goods) is a key member in the Supply Chain Department that is responsible for assuring inventory supply (specifically in assigned soft goods categories) to best meet global requirements across multiple distribution and sales channels. This team member must have a keen understanding of the product/category market, sales seasonality, vendor capacity and reliability, and transit times to strike the optimal balance between high inventory availability and risk / carrying costs.
The Buyer/Planner (Soft Goods) will execute purchasing and inventory management transactions including working with fabric mills to book greige for anticipated production needs, PO writing, channel allocations, delivery date and logistics tracking, system maintenance, product specification communication, customer invoicing, accounts payable communication, and management of daily vendor activities. The Buyer/Planner – Soft Goods will work as a liaison between Black Diamond and suppliers to support capacity planning and load balancing, especially when there are constraints or seasonality challenges. The role serves as main point of contact for Sales in regards to product availability.
Essential Functions:
#Materials Planning
- Plan and track greige/raw material booking, allocation and delivery to finished goods vendors to ensure required delivery dates are met.
- Work with raw material vendors to develop systems that maximize flexibility in product replenishment.
- Monitor and report on raw material inventories warehoused in BD's extended supply chain to ensure vendors are not building excess stock.
- Reconcile raw material liability and find solutions to reduce financial impacts to BD.
#Supply Planning
- Work with Product, Sourcing and Demand Planning teams to develop preliminary supply loading and completion/ship plans given factory capacity, lead time, vendor reliability and safety stock levels as well as category seasonality and trends.
- Advise Category Direction and Demand Planning on known supply issues revolving around style and color MOQ's.
- Coordinate the integration of seasonal line and product changes for maximum inventory turns and minimal discontinued merchandise (DM).
- Responsible for closely monitoring seasonal product literature, packaging and labeling changes to insure uninterrupted supply of most current promotional and packaging materials, in cooperation with Product Development and Marketing/Packaging Art department.
#Supply Execution
- Authorized to act as an agent for Black Diamond Equipment in the purchase of finished goods in accordance with planning requirements, the highest ethical standards, and BD's Quality System procedures.
- Develops tools and systems that notifies of excess inventory (or potential excess) beyond the established horizon at a SKU level, whether at the PO execution stage or at stock holding level.
- Authorized and responsible for maintaining purchasing & inventory systems with accurate delivery dates for open orders, justifying discrepancies and closing, changing or canceling purchase orders as required and in accordance with sales forecast, and reporting pertinent information to dept management.
- Responsible for monitoring on time delivery rates, total fulfillment and other key vendor performance and purchasing metrics.
- Monitor overall inventory position, projected DM position and proactively communicate any issues with management.
- Assists in performing and troubleshooting day to day activities of the Purchasing and Supply Management Team.
- Proactively partner with Sales Teams to report product and material availability issues.
#Process Documentation and Improvement
- Responsible for working closely with coworkers to develop or improve purchasing and supply chain processes, systems and tools.
- Responsible to write and maintain detailed procedures for all key aspects of job and file in the designated location on the Black Diamond network.
- Responsible for maintaining excellent vendor relationships (internal and external) with the goal of optimum quality, cooperation and trust between vendors and Black Diamond.
Education:
- Required: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain or related field.
Work Experience:
- Required: 1+ years in a soft goods purchasing role utilizing an ERP platform and 1+ years experience in a forecast, capacity, production, or supply planning environment.
- Preferred: 1+ years of the above experience specifically in planning, purchasing and inventory control.
Skills and general experience:
- Excellent communication (verbal & written), organizational, analytical/problem-solving and administrative skills.
- Ability to understand and communicate with specific and diverse hierarchical/cultural audiences.
- Proven ability to multi-task, organize, schedule, and track information to and from various sources.
- Highly proficient with MS Office especially MS Excel and MS Power Point.
- Experience in planning Soft Goods production, specifically working with greige/mills and RM suppliers.
- Experienced with ERP / MRP tools such as Navision (preferred), SAP, Oracle or similar
- Ability to work cooperatively across multiple functions and within a team-based structure.
- Must have an excellent understanding of the upstream and downstream of the supply chain process.
- Demonstrates initiative, flexibility and provides complete follow through on areas of responsibility.
- Knowledge of climbing and skiing is helpful.
Alternative qualification: 3+ years of relevant purchasing, inventory control, and requirements planning may substitute for college degree.
Required licenses: Valid Driver's License and Passport.
At BD, benefits begin on the first of the month following your date of hire with a generous portion of medical and dental paid for by BD. You also will get employer paid life insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, as well as other wellness benefits, 401k, vacation and wellness time off, and company paid holidays. If that isn't enough, we are also a pet-friendly workplace with a casual dress code! If your passions are also in the outdoors, then you will also enjoy employee discounts on BD gear and apparel.
Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex; including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact a Black Diamond Equipment HR representative.
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