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This role is responsible for and manages purchasing, materials requirements planning, inventory levels, supplier performance, and ERP data maintenance throughout the production life cycle.\nRESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES\nCross functional and cross company partnership with product quality, order fulfillment, manufacturing engineering, sourcing, new product introduction, and logistics teams to support customer success.\nFocus on delivering against specific metrics aimed at on-time delivery, approved cost, availability, and on-time shipment.\nManages supplier and supply chain vendors to execute strategic material programs, yield minimum excess and obsolete inventory, and minimize material shortages.\nFunctional understanding of material requirements planning to judge the accuracy of and need to act upon purchase requisitions.\nApproval and execution of engineering change orders or deviations impacting material availability, material obsolescence, and production throughput. \nSupporting the entirety of product manufacturing life cycles with concentrated effort applied to introduction, growth, and phase out. 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