For over 170 years, Leica Microsystems has helped shape the future by developing groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. As a global leader, we're driven by continuous improvement to excite our customers and to create the best work environment for our people. Customer focus, innovation, and teamwork are at the core of our culture and the foundation of our success.

Leica Microsystems is one of the market leaders in the fields of microscopy, imaging, and analysis. We reveal the invisible and empower our customers to create a better and healthier world. Together with our customers, we transform scientific discovery. We empower surgeons to make well-informed decisions in life-changing procedures and enable users to gain insights which help answer key questions concerning development and engineering. All of this is achieved with the combination of cutting-edge microscopes and AI-based image analysis.

Want to be part of a company whose products are part of cutting-edge research around the world? Join Leica Microsystems in our commitment for brilliant solutions and insights. Leica Microsystems is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health. Come join a fantastic team!

We are seeking a Buyer/Planner who will work onsite full time in our Wooddale, IL offices.

BUYER/PLANNER ROLE

The Buyer/Planner is
responsible for developing production and supply plans that take into account forecasts, availability of material and manufacturing capacity. They will be responsible for identifying and maintaining the appropriate planning parameters in our ERP systems to optimize subassembly production and raw material supply plans. They may also be responsible for providing materials to manufacturing areas based on planned production schedules and for the appropriate shipping of finished goods to various distribution centers. This is done by utilizing material handling equipment in support of management policies for customer delivery and inventory levels which includes planners and inventory control roles.

The Buyer/Planner role will manage various Supply chain activities in support of order fulfillment, inventory planning, supplier management and continuous improvement initiatives. This role will drive the decision-making process to balance lowest possible inventory level while delivering market competitive delivery times to customers.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

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  Inventory planning & forecasting including stock/inventory plan creation & replenishment. This includes evaluating Inventory value vs Stock plan/forecast value by sales division.

  
  


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  Complete demand analysis and supply planning; Kanban sizing; maintenance of Kanban and safety stock data in SAP; review of material requirements

  
  


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  Procurement - Purchase 3rd party materials; maintain supplier information and purchasing info records; create suppliers in SAP

  
  


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  Reporting & analysis - Inventory, Excess & Obsolete, stock plan, monthly forecasts, Forecast vs Actual

  
  

YOUR PROFILE

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  3+ years experience in procurement and Supply/Demand inventory planning and forecasting; a Bachelors degree preferred

  
  


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  ERP experience, ideally SAP knowledge

  
  


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  Strong MS Office skills, highly proficient Excel skills

  
  


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  Experience with inventory reporting and analysis
  

  
  

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GET MORE INSIGHT

Learn more about what we do and who we are by watching our company video "We Are Leica": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zHmalqMXN4

Are you interested to discover new opportunities in an innovative, team-oriented environment? Apply online - we are looking forward to your application!

The salary range for this role is $60,000 - 70,000 annually. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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