Job Responsibilities:

• Ensures that material demands from MRP are correctly, completely and timely transformed into purchase orders (POs) to suppliers, under consideration of negotiated prices, contracts and SAP master data
• Verifies that purchase orders are confirmed by suppliers and checks deviations between requested and confirmed date. Gets in contact with suppliers when deliveries are not confirmed according to HARTING needs and solves discrepancies. Posts order confirmations in SAP.
• Verifies SAP exception messages / alerts and reacts accordingly (bring forward / postpone / cancel POs)
• Checks delayed deliveries from suppliers and intervenes to bring them back on track. Updates accordingly the data in SAP.
• Escalate deliveries with suppliers, when disturbances in supply caused by delays, insufficint supply, quality claims, etc. cause production / delivery problems. Initiates extraordinary measures with supplier if needed (special transports, extra shifts, sorting of suspect deliveries). Involves strategic purchasing and SQE if needed.
• Ensures that all SAP system relevant data with respect to materials, suppliers and MRP parameters are up to date and correct, so that MRP runs, PO processing and supplier communication work properly.
• Monitors stock levels of assigned materials and takes measures to keep stocks under control. Influencing factors which can be addressed, together with the involved parties: correctitude of MRP run and S&OP, safety stock level, purchase MOQs.
• Supplier communication: ensure proper communication with allocated suppliers regarding forecasts, delivery schedule (change requests), Q-topics with impact on deliveries.
• Internal communication: communicates on regular basis with production planning and internal customers on relevant topics concerning material availability, quality issues, invoicing topics, etc.
• Monitors the Supplier Service Level KPI and takes measures to keep the KPI on track, in near cooperation with the assigned suppliers. In case of deviations, agrees and follows up recovery measures with the suppliers involved.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or comparable specialised training
• 1-5 years of professional experience / industry experience
• Good command of written and spoken English

Functional specific Skills

• Communication and collaboration skills
• Proficiency with SAP MM (material management) and PP (production planning), as well as with Microsoft Office Suite
• Procurement Controlling and Procurement Tools