Job Description

Supply Chain Graduate

The Company

As a medical device company, we help people in a truly tangible way. We are one of the most modern electronics factories, which gives us the opportunity to develop and build a career working with the latest technologies. The knowledge and skills you'll gain here are unique, and you'll find new challenges and endless opportunities along the way.

Our Fermoy, Ireland, facility is FDA registered and certified to ISO for the manufacture of high-quality PCBAs, subassemblies and complete devices up to and including Class III medical devices. Sanmina Fermoy’s core specialization is manufacturing automation. The facility has a track record of 30 years of outstanding operational performance and customer service, backed by a highly experienced workforce.

Benefits

Healthcare
Pension plan
On site parking
Subsidized Canteen
Recognition & Service Awards
Maternity pay
Wellness Initiatives
EAP Program
A competitive salary
Flexitime hours

Objectives Of Position

This role will rotate between 4 functions in our Materials department (Inventory, Purchasing, Planning and Logistics)
The purpose of this role is to undertake and participate in meeting the overall global supply chain and logistic objectives of Sanmina Corporation and the Plant by ensuring that a robust supply chain is in place with the vendor base.
General administrative support to the Materials Team.

Responsibilities

Logistics:

They will document shipments to ensure that they are in compliance with customs rules and regulations.
Coordinate with all internal departments to establish an efficient export and import schedule.
Provide an efficient interface with freight forwarders and administer all freight logistics and provide optimal level of customer services and resolve all shipment issues.
Perform all record keeping processes and maintain records of all entry.
Ensure that products have been transported in a correct and timely fashion
Maintain a good flow of communication with shipper and freight forwarders
Perform administrative tasks such as filing, typing up reports and maintaining email correspondence.
Perform audits on all import and export files on regular basis.
Ensure all fright invoices are processed, monitored and approved through our invoice provider.
Management of premium freight and recovery of same. Alignment to Corporate lanes /contracts.
Duty management/avoidance through inward processing and management of this through revenue audits
Generate and submit Intrastat reports for ROS Online on a monthly basis

Planning

Allocate kits where appropriate (using allocation rules-Weekly)
Review shortage and impacts on schedule-Weekly,
Liaise and co-ordinate supply activities with Buyers.
Interact with Team Leads/Customer Service on reschedule/missed shipments-Daily.
Issue Weekly Production Plan-rolling three weeks to Business unit members-Weekly
Monitor and Control metrics relating to Production plan Performance-issue weekly.
Review and highlight capacity/bottleneck impacts.
Review and keep WIP figures in line with agreed levels
Generation and distribution of a determined suite of Inventory Management related reports
Review Excess/Obsolete on Shopfloor, along with Work Order Integrity
MRB Issues/attend CCB Meeting

Purchasing

Supporting the Plant Materials organisation in ensuring a confirmed material supply chain that meets our customer’s requirements that is in line with inventory policy of the Plant.
Ensuring the timely execution of MRP requests. This will include: order placement, actioning all MRP requests on a weekly basis, escalation within vendor base when responses do match requirements, work within the plant parameters, maintenance of the information on the enterprise system that reflects accurate, lead-times, minimum order quantities, multiples, pricing-as supplied by the Commodity management and quotes teams, incoterms, Currency
Support the Regional and Global Commodity Management teams by:
Ensuring that the Global and regional contracts are implemented accurately.
Supplying to the Regional and global team commodity data to allow the regional and Global teams to create their TAM. (Total Available Market).
Providing vendor performance data, as and when required.

Inventory

Key driver for Inventory reduction strategy
Responsible for achieving Quarterly Inventory Turns Goal
Review changes in demand for adverse Inventory impact
Work with Purchasing team to ensure critical PO reschedules are achieved
Work with Shop Floor Control planners to ensure the MPS is achieved
Identification of process deficiencies and instigation of process improvements
Responsible for authorized scrap & disposition of E&O inventory to recognized partners and approved recyclers
Set and Meet Department Inventory KPI’S
Maintain Internal/External reporting templates and associated LOB analysis
Produce Daily /Weekly / Monthly Inventory status reports
Back up support to the other members of the teams

PERSONNEL SPECIFICATIONS

Essential

QQI Level 8 Degree in Supply Chain Business/Finance or related discipline.
High level of IT Skills proficiency.
Strong organizational skills
Ability to work collaboratively within a team
Acute attention to detail.
Team Player, self-driven.
Capable of pulling information from a variety of sources both internal and external to Sanmina and be able to process and analyze this information and data.
Must be able to report/communicate these analysis/conclusions in a concise and effective manner to immediate and senior management, both verbal and written.

Desirable

A graduate of the IIPMM or similar professional organization is preferred
Previous experience in a high volume manufacturing environment.
Previous Administration experience.

Sanmina

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