Buyer/Planner-Onsite Brea, CA, United States

Come make the world and accelerate your success

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of more than 50,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:

This position’s primary responsibilities is to plan and purchase AEROSPACE materials and tooling including but not limited to aerospace sheet, plate, bar, rod, wire, and machine parts at the best possible price consistent with quality and MRP requirements, within the assigned area of responsibility. Plan sequences of own activities subject to direction from supervisor/manager.

Places purchase orders in MRP for production with approved suppliers.Establish strong relationships with key suppliers through regularly scheduled meetings, teleconferences, or visits.Issues requests for quotations to suppliers on new parts and established parts to get competitive bids and updated pricing and delivery schedules.Negotiates with suppliers to achieve price reductions and maintains a record of cost reduction achievement.Manage supplier on time delivery, prepare supplier performance reports on delivery, cost and quality of products and services.Reviews open order status, incorporating MRP changes (expediting, reducing, increasing, canceling) as they occur.Responsible for maintaining appropriate inventory levels and monitoring planning parameters.Maintain MRP messages weekly, notify suppliers and production planners of all changes.Works with the receiving department and quality assurance department to resolve POs on suspense for documentation and quality discrepancies.Identify areas of cost reduction, cost savings and cost avoidance and implement to meet company objectives.Ability to work on complex problems where in-depth analysis and evaluation of situations or data frequently require complicated negotiations.Ability to respond to significant inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

The Person:

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution; and experience which has provided both theoretical and practical knowledge in the field. With a minimum of 1-3 years procurement planning experience with 1 of those years being in manufacturing.Enterprise Resource Planning or Material Resource Planning experience is required.Demonstrated capability working with Microsoft Office suite of products; proficient in Excel formulas, look-ups and pivot tables. Query capability is a plus.

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan including:

Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university.Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

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We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are 

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company. 

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development: 
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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