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Hach Location Philomath, Oregon, United States of America Category Supply Chain & Logistics Job Id R1194956 Our career site no longer supports applications submitted via Internet Explorer. For a better experience, we recommend using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. Thank you.
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JOB DESCRIPTION Our work at Hach ensures water quality for people around the world. Our customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions make water analysis betterfaster, simpler, greener, and more informative. As a member of our team, youll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within industries from aviation to manufacturing to mining. Youll also be part of an environment that fosters career growth and professional development, with kindness at its core. And youll be part of our mission, which drives us to develop water quality solutions that protect the health and safety of all living things.
Hach is proud to be one of . Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, were working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.
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**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**
* Places and maintains purchase orders to support manufacturing and MRO.
* Maximizes material availability to support production lines; expedites deliveries as necessary to support the internal customer in alignment with inventory entitlement levels.
* Negotiates with suppliers to ensure high quality, low cost, and favorable terms where possible.
* Issuance of RFIs, RFPs and RFQs using best practices to identify best value
* Understands and appropriately maintains the Kanban system.
* Supports the management of supplier performance. Seeks continuous improvement opportunities with our suppliers.
* Assist in resolving all issues involving discrepancies, receiving quality holds, and invoice discrepancies, which may hinder final payment to the supplier.
* Demonstrates effective problem-solving skills by working independently and engaging appropriate cross functional teams to address vendor/part issues.
* Maintains open lines of communication with suppliers for prompt resolution of quality or delivery issues.
* Provides timely communication to all internal team members on the status of any supplier quality or delivery problems.
**BASIC REQUIREMENTS**
* Bachelors degree in related field and 2+ years of relevant experience in procurement and supply chain.
* Computer proficiency required in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
* Able to support supplier risk mitigation activities.
* Detailed oriented and high level of discipline
* Demonstrated high levels of verbal and written communication, human relationship skills and reasoning ability.
* Ability to effectively negotiate price, quality, and delivery schedules to maximize cost savings and supplier performance.
* Excellent skills in multi-tasking, organization and prioritization of multiple projects.
****Preferred requirements****
* One (1) year manufacturing and MRP experience electronics buying experience preferred.
* Additional experience in planning, manufacturing, quality, or engineering disciplines desired.
* Full understanding of the legal aspects of purchasing and the ability to negotiate and manage contractual relations.
* Basic understanding of the Lean concepts and the ability to use supply chain management principles to support continuous improvement.
**Work environment**
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee **may** be subjected to moving mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, fumes, odors, dusts, gases, chemicals, oils, salt water, extreme temperatures and work space restrictions.
The noise level in the work environment is **occasionally** loud.
The employee must **occasionally** lift, carry, push or pull up to **30 pounds**.
When you join us, youll also be joining Danahers global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, youll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful tools and the stability of a tested organization.
Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@danaher.com to request accommodation.
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