Carestream Opening for Service Parts Planner, Rochester, NY

The position for Service Parts Planner, Rochester, NY, is now open at Carestream, a worldwide provider of medical and dental imaging systems and IT solutions; X-ray imaging systems for non-destructive testing; and advanced materials for the precision films and electronics markets, and DiversityWorking.com's prestigious diversity company-member.

Job Overview: The Service Parts Planner’s main responsibility will be to plan worldwide parts requirements in support of Carestream’s customer base using SAP and Prophet Planning Systems. This individual will work directly with manufacturing, worldwide planners, service engineers, and vendors to procure parts and develop stocking strategies to maximize availability and minimize inventory investment.

Job Duties & Responsibilities (among others)

• Employ cost analysis techniques to determine inventory levels to achieve business objectives
• Procure parts and negotiate schedules and costs with sources of supply
• Analyze monthly reports to track progress and drive improvement opportunities
• Interact with parts planning staff, service engineering, customer order services and warehouse to optimize parts plans and processes

Job Qualifications/Requirements (among others)

• Minimum BS degree or equivalent experience

• Ideally 2 years of experience and knowledge of SAP / Prophet Planning Systems highly desired.

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint skills

• Must have experience and knowledge of Supply Chain processes to include forecasting, buying and planning.

• Full knowledge of inventory and cost management principles

• Excellent analytical skills
  

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