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AMETEK
Rochester, USA
Mid · 3+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 3 days ago
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PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in precision manufacturing, optics, aerospace, defense, medical device, or another regulated environment.
- Experience with ERP platforms.
- Experience with new product introductions, engineering changes, supplier corrective actions, or inventory reduction.
- APICS/ASCM, ISM, or related supply chain certification.
- Bring your passion and commitment to Zygo, where we are curious, collaborative, persistent, and confident, and where safety and quality guide every step of our journey. Grow with us as we solve complex challenges, inspire confidence, and drive excellence in manufacturing. Are you ready to expand the boundaries of possibility, simplify the complex, and embody the values that define our success? We welcome your unique perspective and invite you to join us!
- We offer competitive compensation, benefits, retirement (401(k)), and paid time off programs. Compensation and position level will be set based on experience.
- Due to the nature of Zygo’s programs and products, applicants must have the legal right to work in the United States and must be legally authorized to access export-controlled information and source code.
Qualifications
- AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree
- At least 3 years of purchasing, materials planning, supply chain, or manufacturing operations experience.
- Working knowledge of ERP/MRP, purchasing, material planning, inventory, and supplier management.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, prioritization, communication, and Microsoft Excel skills.
- Ability to manage changing priorities and collaborate across functions.
- Uses data and investigates root causes before acting.
- Builds trust and works across functions to resolve constraints.
- Maintains urgency and follow-through until issues are resolved.
- Makes sound decisions and escalates risk with facts and recommendations.
- Owns commitments, data accuracy, and outcomes.
- Connects decisions to production and customer requirements.
- Improves cost, inventory, quality, and delivery performance.
Responsibilities
- Safety, People, Quality, Delivery, Value
- SAFETY
- Follow safety requirements and escalate supplier, material, or process risks affecting safety, product integrity, or compliance.
- PEOPLE
- Build effective supplier and cross-functional relationships; communicate priorities, risks, and recovery plans with urgency and accountability.
- QUALITY
- Coordinate supplier responses to nonconforming material and documentation issues.
- Maintain accurate purchasing and planning data; support quality requirements, engineering changes, and new product introductions.
- DELIVERY
- Analyze demand, schedules, and MRP signals to determine material requirements and priorities.
- Create, maintain, and expedite purchase orders; monitor shortages, commitments, and constraints.
- Develop mitigation plans and maintain planning parameters to support production and customer delivery.
- VALUE
- Balance availability, cost, lead time, and inventory to reduce shortage, excess, and obsolescence risk.
- Monitor supplier quality, delivery, responsiveness, and cost; support sourcing, negotiation, and continuous improvement.
About AMETEK
Manufacturing10,001+Founded 1930
AMETEK is an American manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices. The company serves diverse industries including aerospace, defense, medical, and process automation with precision measurement and monitoring solutions.
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