Position Summary:

This position will provide support to the assigned Value Stream in the planning and procurement of all related materials to ensure timely delivery of products to meet customer and business expectations. Responsibilities include the execution of procurement functions to prevent shortages by analyzing incoming orders to manage purchase orders for manufacturing demands.

Work You'll Do:

• Support Value Stream team in meeting all Value Stream financial objectives (Revenue, OTD, GM%, Cost Savings, Inventory Turns, etc.)
• Interact with colleagues in the Value Stream to proactively solve stock issues and improve processes
• Maintains open communication with Supply Chain Management and the Value Stream Team to ensure manufacturing and inventory plans are clearly understood and fulfilled.
• Prepare, review and publish monthly and/or weekly schedules as directed by management.
• Proactively provide supply status, resolve availability issues and provide tracking information to internal customers.
• Support on-time delivery and inventory reduction through visual kanban systems.
• Order materials on assigned categories/suppliers from ERP reports to meet production needs
• Maintain and monitor Item master data; revise essential system planning data to ensure E1 is effectively planning future requirements
• Monitor and take appropriate action on engineering change notices.
• Actively escalate supplier issues through management and up through the appropriate channels
• Expedite and/or research missing, late or incorrect orders
• Discuss and resolve pricing, quality or delivery issues with management assistance
• Ensures that Lean principles are being applied with the right goal in mind: To sustainably maximize the delivery of value to the customer
• Plays key role in SIOP process and advises on strategic plans for parts availability

Team:

Overview of team this role will be a part of

Basic Qualifications:

• Associate degree from a two-year college or technical school with at least 5 years of either purchasing and/or manufacturing experience or combination of both education and experience.
• Professional knowledge/training in purchasing/procurement and reconciliation
• Ability to multitask-processing orders for multiple departments, units, and department managers
• Ability to communicate, recommend, and expedite process improvements and document area processes
• Interpersonal skills- interacts professionally with customers, vendors, employees, and stakeholders
• Ability to demonstrate personal leadership; actively participate in or lead problem solving and continuous improvement efforts
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility when confronted with high stress situations, priority changes, or new assignments
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Strong knowledge from working within ERP systems, Oracle JD Edwards is a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree with 3-5 years of purchasing experience

Who we are:

Milacron is a global leader in the manufacture, distribution and service of highly engineered and customized systems within the $27 billion plastic technology and processing industry. We are the only global company with a full-line product portfolio that includes hot runner systems, injection molding, extrusion equipment. We maintain strong market positions across these products, as well as leading positions in process control systems, mold bases and components, maintenance, repair and operating ("MRO") supplies for plastic processing equipment. Our strategy is to deliver highly customized equipment, components and service to our customers throughout the lifecycle of their plastic processing technology systems. Milacron is an operating company of Hillenbrand.

Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company that provides highly-engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose - Shape What Matters For Tomorrow - we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. To learn more, visit:.

EEO: The policy of Hillenbrand Inc. is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, Hillenbrand Inc. and our operating companies are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. At Hillenbrand, everyone is welcome to apply and "Shape What Matters for Tomorrow".

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Who we are:

Milacron is a global leader in the manufacture, distribution and service of highly engineered and customized systems within the $27 billion plastic technology and processing industry. We are the only global company with a full-line product portfolio that includes hot runner systems, injection molding, extrusion equipment. We maintain strong market positions across these products, as well as leading positions in process control systems, mold bases and components, maintenance, repair and operating ("MRO") supplies for plastic processing equipment. Our strategy is to deliver highly customized equipment, components and service to our customers throughout the lifecycle of their plastic processing technology systems.Milacron is a Operating Company of Hillenbrand.

Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company that provides highly-engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose - Shape What Matters For Tomorrow - we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. To learn more, visit: www.Hillenbrand.com.

EEO: The policy of Hillenbrand Inc. is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, Hillenbrand Inc. and our operating companies are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at recruitingaccommodations@hillenbrand.com . In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. At Hillenbrand, everyone is welcome to apply and "Shape What Matters for Tomorrow".