The Buyer/Planner is responsible for optimizing supply chain and production planning processes to eliminate inefficiencies. This role ensures total material availability by balancing inventory and schedules to maximize plant throughput and delivery performance. Beyond daily operations, you will lead inventory and capacity projects to help transform our supply chain into a world-class, domestic operation. This role requires at least 5 years of OEM planning experience and a sharp analytical mind. Balancing on-hand inventory, incoming supply and production scheduling, this role will maintain and improve the plant’s throughput, on-time delivery performance by ensuring material availability, timely scheduling of customer demand and stock inventory build planning. This role will also play a critical role in managing inventory projects, storage/space utilization and capacity planning. This role requires an analytical mind and a strong business acumen. Problem-solving skills and attention to detail are essential. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of experience in supply chain, planning, preferably in an OEM Manufacturing environment. The goal is to transform our supply chain into a world class, domestically focused supply chain in terms of quality, timing, security, and cost competitiveness. Responsibilities: Establish and implement a Supplier Score Card that captures empirical data for supplier assessment, improvement, development, and/or replacement. Analyze demand trends and make recommendations on stock build planning for finished and sub-component builds. Communicate risks identified through analysis related to inventory and schedule planning and propose mitigation options. Identify, assess, and vet potential new suppliers. Benchmark current supply chain to ensure competitiveness on quality, cost, technology, and timing. Research competitive sources for security of supply. Support the Quality Assurance Team in the transactional efforts for returning and resolving defective components, including DMR, SCAR, and process management. Engage the supply chain on Continuous Improvement opportunities, ideas, and projects. Work with the supply chain to improve on-time delivery and enable more frequent inventory turns. Maintain a friendly and professional relationship with suppliers, while maintaining accountability and competitiveness. Lead efforts to assure our supply chain is as Domestic as is possible, including understanding and mapping 2nd and 3rd tier sub-sourcing. Seek to improve all aspects of the supply chain by reviewing current methodology and processes and presenting solutions to improve efficiencies. Qualifications: Experience analyzing and improving supply chain performance at an OEM level Supply Chain/Planning Management certification is preferred, or equivalent combination of experience. Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma strongly preferred. Previous experience with supply chain processes in a manufacturing environment required. Strong Microsoft Excel skills required. EPICOR ERP experience desired, but not required. Outstanding interpersonal skills and communication are required in this role. A strong understanding of global supply chains, markets, and trends in supply/planning and materials management. Strong research and analytics skills/experience Education Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field, or equivalent experience. Experience Requirements: Minimum of five years of experience in manufacturing supply chain and/or production planning. Up to 10% travel as needed. So, what do you get out of working at Leer, Inc. beyond a friendly work environment and the best teammates around? A competitive compensation package that other manufacturers can’t beat. Take a look. ESOP Distributions An ESOP is an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Like mentioned above, Leer Inc. is 100% employee owned. That means you, will be an employee-owner and own a piece of the company. Trust us when we say, if you include your yearly ESOP payments, we offer a compensation package that’s difficult to beat. Don’t believe us? Stop in and we’ll show you. Quarterly Bonus Program Generous Paid Time Off (Starts at 3-Weeks in 1st Full Year) 11 Paid Holidays Health Insurance (Subsidized by Leer) Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Short-Term Disability Insurance (Paid by Leer) Long-Term Disability Insurance (Paid by Leer) Life Insurance (Paid by Leer) 401(K) Shoe stipend for steel toes Leer Gear Cares Program - up to 50% off fitness equipment or gym membership Community involvement hours About Leer Inc. Be part of making iconic products that make all the difference in hospitals, restaurants, and more. We’re proud to be an essential business and support other industries who keep us healthy and fed. Leer, Inc. is a growing company that is all about our team members. Really. We’re 100% employee-owned. What does employee-owned mean? We share the wealth. After all, if you’re putting in the sweat, you deserve the benefit! A few benefits of being 100% employee owned: Yearly, extra financial incentives (on top of your salary) A retirement option to make your golden years truly golden Full-company transparency because everyone’s work is everyone’s success We’re looking for team players to help us sustain our growth and continue to make Leer, Inc. not just an industry-leading manufacturer but one of the best places to work in the Midwest. Oh, and we should mention that we’re all about cross-training, internal mobility, and investing in our employees. Next Steps If you like what you see here, it’s time to apply! EEO IS THE LAW EEO IS THE LAW (Spanish) Leer Inc is the world’s leading manufacturer of retail ice merchandising equipment, walk-in coolers and freezers, and other temperature controlled storage solutions. We have 3 manufacturing plants – 2 in New Lisbon WI, and 1 in Carroll IA. We are an employee owned business, part of the Employee Owned Brands, Inc. group, and we share our wealth and success through an ESOP – Employee Stock Ownership Plan. We are one of America’s oldest and most successful employee owned groups, that has been committed to manufacturing excellence in America’s heartland for over 125 years. Please click on the blue ‘APPLY’ button – we’d love to have you join us and share in our success.
