Buyer / Planner

is position exists to provide support to the assigned value stream in the areas of scheduling, expediting, and material availability. Duties and Responsibilities: The incumbent is responsible for: • Detailed material requirements planning • Utilizes Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems to assure availability of materials and control of inventory levels for assigned production lines. • Monitors and reacts to exception messages (e.g. Purchase Order/Discrete Job actions, capacity) • Issue requisitions for purchased material • Develop forecasts for Suppliers • Maintenance of the Final Assembly Schedule • Develop and maintain releasing centers • Utilize available data sources to develop and implement level-load strategies • Release discrete jobs as necessary • Manages and responds to customer expedites • Promising of customer orders • Process scrap transactions • Participate in daily Tier 2 (production line accountability) meetings • Maintenance of item parameters and order modifiers • Participate in the investigation and resolution of transaction errors (e.g., WIP transactions) • Performance analysis • Other duties as assigned. Qualifications: • Experience with SAP preferred • Minimum of 2 years experience in a production planning role • Proficient with MS Office suite • Excellent analytical and communication skills required • Bachelor's degree in business, materials management, technical or related discipline preferred; in lieu of degree will consider a minimum of 3 years materials planning or Integrated Supply Chain experience. Must have at least a HS diploma on file. Contacts: This function as a support function works closely with demand manager, factory team leaders, buyers, manufacturing engineering, design engineering quality engineering and assemblers. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. About Collabera: Established in 1991, Collabera is one of the fastest growing end-to-end information technology services and solutions companies globally. As a half a billion dollar IT company, Collabera's client-centric business model, commitment to service excellence and Global Delivery Model enables its global 2000 and leading mid-market clients to deliver successfully in an increasingly competitive marketplace. With over 8200 IT professionals globally, Collabera provides value-added onsite, offsite and offshore technology services and solutions to premier corporations. Over the past few years, Collabera has been awarded numerous accolades and Industry recognitions including. • Collabera awarded Best Staffing Company to work for in 2012 by SIA. (hyperlink here) • Collabera listed in GS 100 - recognized for excellence and maturity • Collabera named among the Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses • Collabera listed in GS 100 & ranked among top 10 service providers • Collabera was ranked: • 32 in the Top 100 Large Businesses in the U.S • 18 in Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses in the U.S • 3 in the Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in New Jersey • 3 in the Top 100 Privately-held Businesses in New Jersey • 66th on FinTech 100 • 35th among top private companies in New Jersey Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.