Would you like to work in an international, innovative organization, where we produce high-quality solutions and are constantly looking to enhance existing and develop new offerings? Are you eager to join a professional team and work directly with our customers? Then we have an interesting position in Grundfos for you.

What is the job about?  

As a Vendor Planner, you will execute cross plant supply and inventory planning.  You’ll be a key participant/driver in essential cross plant supply planning tasks, as ordering, follow-ups, forecasting, alignment with vendors, and handling of invoice misalignment issues. You’ll also participate in activities related to vendor development and deployment of best practices within operational planning. Additionally, you’ll be responsible for short, mid and long term capacity management with selected vendors.

This position reports to the Global Vendor Planning Manager and operates on a hybrid schedule out of our facility at San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 

Please note that relocation for this position cannot be supported and qualified candidates must have the authorization to work in Mexico without support.

Your main responsibilities:  

• Together with local plants production planning, ensure feasible plans are created timely to keep sufficient inventory levels and stock optimization across the chain, shared with relevant stakeholders, and applied.
• All the documentation and registration process regarding purchase orders (e.g. invoice discrepancy, PPO registration).
• Order and schedule handling to vendors on behalf of all Grundfos plants.
• Align delivery schedules with vendors based on production plans and priorities.
• Daily driver role towards selected vendors in the chain in matters related to operational planning.
• Handle exceptions affecting the purchase plan, e.g. quality issues, breakdowns, delivery changes, allocations, red alerts.
• Participate in medium, relatively high-complexity meetings in the SIOP cycle (chain SIOP, Plant meetings, Vendor capacity reviews).
• Contribute with input and recommendations in the SIOP cycle (Vendor related escalations, scenarios, strategic stock approvals).
• Drive and participate in implementation and deployment of continuous improvements with regional/global impact.
• Collect, distribute and present supply chain data for performance reporting and analytics.
• Aligning and optimizing planning parameters, profiles, MRP set-ups, master data across plants for scope materials and vendors.
• Improving suppliers’ delivery performance by better forecast accuracy and demand signals.

Your background 

We imagine that you have: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Business Administration or similar field.
• 2-3 years of experience in supply chain or material planning.
• Knowledge within global processes.
• Advanced English level.
• SAP knowledge (desirable).
• Valid US Visa (desirable).
• The ability to operate out of the San Luis Potosi facility in a hybrid function.

What’s in it for you?

What are your goals? Here at Grundfos it’s our mission to enable you develop and fulfil your aspirations, both career and personal. We are guided by our six core values, and you’ll find that your fresh ideas will be welcomed and make a difference in everything from local to large-scale global projects. You’ll encounter colleagues from all over the world both as part of your daily work, supporting and all the while broadening each other’s cultural horizons. 

In addition, your day-to-day benefits as a regular, full-time employees include: 

• Up to 3 days’ paid leave for volunteering.
• Annual bonuses, internal well-being consultants and programs, engaging team buildings.   
• Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly. 
• Long-term career development with regular dialogue, as well as continuous learning and development opportunities. 

Do you want to learn more?  

If this job sounds interesting, please send your resume and cover letter by clicking “Apply”.  

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We look forward to hearing from you.