Purchasing Coordinator

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.

For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.

What will you do?

The Purchasing Coordinator should be able to support the Supplier Schedulers to have the material on time at JCI Plant, assure the compliance of all the Purchasing KPIs, assist to the Production meetings to communicate risk detected and status of urgent items, escalate issues to next level and involve other areas when a supplier reports issues to deliver the material, assure that all buyers have assigned the correct items and vendors in our MRP system and support expediting processes with vendors to assure the direct material is supplied in a proper time and that it will meet the delivery dates to minimize the risk of an inventory stock-out or revenue impact. May also be required to support in other activities such as quality escalations, ISO requirements, internal projects and engineering changes related to purchased items.

How will you do it?

• Support to Suppliers Schedulers (buyers) to meet the purchasing KPIs.
• Analyze MRP demand and replenish stocks to get coverage in our system
• Analyze Clear to Build
• Assure buyers place the PO on time to vendors
• Analize Open Order Report and detected issues with vendors
• Push to suppliers to get confirmation dates or ETAs for all the placed POs.
• Attend Daily Production Meetings
• Execute in a regular basis, the massive exception messages.
• Escalate suppliers with past due orders or not confirmations of POs.
• Communicate any risk related to purchased items and shortages to Planning and Production area.
• Support to buyers to escalate issues with Global Procurement or Regional Materials through the correct channels (JIRA process).
• Be able to analyze line of balances (LOB) when vendors have issues.
• Analyze monthly forecast for critical suppliers
• Ensure Forecast is sending every month to suppliers
• Assure that problems relating to delivery, pricing and invoicing are promptly conveyed to the vendor and resolved in a timely manner.
• Monitor vendor performance & on time delivery for Suppliers.
• Support other areas to assure proper feedback and corrective actions are in place to improve vendor development and deliveries.
• Analize Inventory levels and excess & obsolete items to reduce inventory
• Review inventory at Customs Broker Warehouse in a regular way.
• Support to buyers to resolve discrepancies in a timely manner and collaborate with Warehouse and Logistics team to solve the issues.
• Monitoring Invoices in Maple for each buyer / supplier.
• Escalate issues of Credit Holds
• Engineering Change Notice (ECNs) and New Items (P1) approvals
• Audits of parameters, MRP Controllers & Purchasing Groups
• Comply with activities of Johnson Controls Manufacturing Systems.
• Negatives pieces (COGIs) validation in MRP before End of Month
• Participate in Safety committees and Safety Audits as required.
• Participate in Risk Assessments and ISO Audits.
• Participate in EHS observations program.
• Implement and maintain security policy, JCI behaviors and health and environment rules.
• Participate in Training programs and comply with JCI internal trainings.
• Develop, review and update procedures and work instructions.

What we look for?

• Bachelor’s Degree or 5 years’ experience in purchasing/supply chain role
• Direct buyer experience in a manufacturing company (metal-mechanic, refrigeration, electronic or HVAC industry)
• Experience working with Purchasing, Planning and Production areas.
• Fluent English
• MRP (materials requirement planning)
• Knowledge of SAP (preferably)
• Experience in a manufacturing planning program and production sequences
• Leadership skills
• Proactive
• Schedule availability
• Team work
• Service attitude
• Ability to work under pressure
• Strong decision-making Communication, analytical and negotiation skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously

What do we offer?

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Commitment to work-life balance and employee well-being.
• Engagement in meaningful projects that make a difference.

Johnson Controls does not request pregnancy or HIV testing as a condition for hiring, continued employment, or promotion, in accordance with its commitment to labor equality and non-discrimination.