Buyer/planner

**Responsibility**:

- Prepare and release purchase orders for production materials, shop floor stock items and any other purchases to support business operations.
- Monitor purchase order deliveries to ensure on-time delivery
- Procure all Raw materials, Castings, Forgings, Round Bar and Shapes to NOV specifications.
- Analyze and issue P.O.’s for outside services (OSP).
- Maintain material traceability data, documents, MTR’s, Lot Numbers. etc.
- Develop new vendors.
- Analyze cost, efficiency, and quality of vendors.
- Review on a regular basis cost savings, vendor performance, late purchase orders, job close variances, and inventory levels.
- Work with MRP System within EBS to develop Purchase Order timeframe.
- Act as liaison to other Departments.
- Responsible for managing third party and intercompany orders and their timely procurement to allow for customer deliveries. Maintain data relevant to all intercompany sources.

**BEHAVIORAL SKILLS/COMPETENCIES & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED**
- BS/BE Degree desired; MBA a plus; 7+ years of professional or equivalent experience required
- Strong technical knowledge of commodities and related procured material
- Ability to coordinate and execute multiple projects simultaneously with the capacity to work independently
- Must be adaptable to a changing work environment and competing demand.
- Strong Analytical skills, Organizational and problem-solving skills, develop understanding of technical documentation and standards
- Drawings, Specs. Etc.
- Working knowledge of MS Office and ERP systems; especially proficient in the use of Excel
- Familiarization with manufacturing and service environment
- Strong professional relationship building skills, and ability to interface across the entire enterprise (Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, PM&L, Trade Compliance, Accounting, etc.)
- Comply with all NOV Company and HSE policies and procedures.
- Excellent communication abilities
- Experience in an Engineered-to-Order or Make-to-Order manufacturing environment preferred.
- Experience with ERP Planning preferred. (oracle experience preferred but other ERP experience will be considered)

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