Purchasing & Materials Planner at Oil… · Boerne

Purchasing & Materials Planner

Who We Are

Oil Filtration Systems^®^joined the Clark-Reliance^®^ family in 2010. OFS has become the leader in innovation related to oil and fuel filtration products manufacturing. We have accomplished this by focusing on our customer’s needs and requirements. Our triumphs have been made possible by our dedicated, highly qualified and experienced employees.

What is a Purchasing and Materials Planner?

The Purchasing & Materials Planner is responsible for the sourcing, procurement, and planning of materials, components, and services required to support production schedules, customer orders, inventory objectives, and multiple business needs. The role balances day-to-day purchasing and material planning with strategic sourcing, cost reduction, supplier development, and supply-risk management.

What We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate is an organized, analytical, and commercially minded supply-chain professional who can shift between urgent material needs and longer-term sourcing initiatives. Manufacturing experience, sound commercial judgment, strong follow-through, and comfort managing multiple suppliers, commodities, and priorities are essential.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Procure materials, components, supplies, and services to support production and customer requirements while meeting cost, quality, delivery, and inventory objectives.
2. Review material requirements, issue and maintain purchase orders, and expedite deliveries based on production schedules, customer demand, inventory, supplier lead times, and planning parameters.
3. Obtain and analyze supplier quotations and make purchasing recommendations based on price, quality, availability, lead time, capacity, supplier performance, and total cost.
4. Identify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers and alternative sources; develop and maintain supplier agreements and commercial terms.
5. Lead strategic sourcing initiatives and pursue measurable cost reductions through competitive bidding, negotiation, value engineering, supplier consolidation, should-cost analysis, and supply-chain optimization.
6. Monitor supplier delivery, quality, responsiveness, lead time, capacity, cost, and service; conduct performance reviews and support supplier-development activities.
7. Review demand, forecasts, sales orders, inventory, work orders, and production requirements to plan material availability and proactively address shortages or schedule risks.
8. Maintain planning parameters and support inventory analysis, cycle counts, investigations, adjustments, and actions addressing slow-moving, obsolete, excess, or shortage inventory.
9. Partner with Production, Engineering, Quality, Customer Service, Accounting, Product Management, and other business units on material priorities, new products, supplier transitions, cost reduction, and delivery commitments.
10. Maintain accurate ERP/MRP, purchasing, supplier, part, pricing, lead-time, inventory, work-order, and performance records in accordance with company and ISO requirements.
11. Interact and communicate with all levels of employees within the Company, as well as suppliers, customers and peers effectively.
12. Comply with policies, procedures, standards and rules of the Company.
13. Maintain work area in a clean, orderly and safe manner.
14. Punctual, regular and consistent attendance.
15. Perform all other job-related duties as assigned.

What Success Looks Like

• Consistent material availability supporting on-time production and customer delivery.
• Measurable purchase-price and total-cost savings against agreed annual targets.
• Improved supplier delivery, quality, responsiveness, and lead-time performance.
• Inventory performance aligned with service, working-capital, excess, and obsolescence objectives.

Required Experience and Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required. A bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field is preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered. • APICS CSCP, ISM CPSM, CPM, or an equivalent supply-chain or procurement certification is preferred. • Three or more years of purchasing, procurement, material planning, inventory control, supply chain, or materials-management experience in a manufacturing environment. • Experience leading supplier negotiations, competitive bids, sourcing events, and supplier agreements, with demonstrated cost savings or supplier-performance improvement. • Experience with production planning, scheduling, MRP, bills of material, purchase orders, work orders, inventory transactions, and production material requirements. • Working knowledge of manufacturing ERP/MRP systems and the ability to learn and effectively use the AS400 ERP system. Global Shop ERP experience is a plus. • Intermediate-to-advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data analysis, lookups, pivot tables, and clear reporting; working proficiency in Word, Outlook, and Teams. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, negotiation, relationship-management, and written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to read, write, and follow verbal instructions in Standard English required.

Physical and Technical Environment

• Minimal lifting up to 25 pounds occasionally. • Must be able to sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, bend, and stoop in a normal office environment. • Regularly required to walk or stand, bend or twist, climb, reach with hands or arms. • Ability to routinely travel throughout multi-floor office and shop area, walking, climbing stairs, utilizing elevator. • Clean and orderly manufacturing environment and/or normal office conditions, changing deadlines and project requirements, strict time constraints.

Benefits and Perks

• 401(k)
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Development Opportunities
• Training Opportunities
• Paid Holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefit Plans
• Paid Vacation and Floating Holidays
• Wellness Programs

More about Oil Filtration Systems^®^

Oil Filtration Systems® manufactures Oil Purification Equipment designed to remove contamination (water, particulate, varnish, and/or entrained gases) from a wide variety of fluids, including Turbine Oil, Hydraulic Oil, Gear Oil, and Fuel Oil (#2 Diesel Fuel). We also operate the largest, newest, and best maintained Rental Fleet of highly advanced oil and fuel purification equipment in the industry. In addition, our Field Services Division has highly qualified and experienced technicians performing a variety of filtration and flushing services worldwide. We mobilize quickly for emergency outages, scheduled outages, routine maintenance, and pre-commissioning of new equipment.

WE SET THE STANDARD FOR OIL PURIFICATION™

About Clark-Reliance

Clark-Reliance is a world class manufacturing company, serving customers in over 120 countries in the power generation, refining, gas processing, and chemical industries. The company is dedicated to supplying the largest and broadest product line in the instrumentation industry for all types of measurement and control. Key acquisitions over the last few decades have solidified Clark-Reliance as a leader in the separation and filtration industries as well.

Note: The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to the job. They are not construed to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in the job. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer- M/F/Disabled/Vet