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Operations Lead – Material Planning
DandyOperations Lead for procurement management in a remote capacity at Dandy, driving supply chain and materials planning for production. Empowering teams with forecasting and vendor management.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Build and maintain forecasting models for high-priority production materials including raw materials, resins, chemicals, etc.
- Track and maintain supplier signals across the supplier base with particular focus on long-lead and high-risk, critical materials.
- Develop initial buy plans for new lab launches and capacity expansions, coordinating across procurement, operations, and lab teams.
- Manage the full PO lifecycle in NetSuite from requisition through vendor confirmation, receipt, and closure.
- Review and update NetSuite stocking levels and reorder points on a regular cadence, aligned with weekly consumption reporting and lab-level demand changes.
- Monitor inventory consumption and proactively identify slow-moving, excess, and obsolete materials.
- Manage day-to-day relationships with key production material suppliers, focusing on on-time, in-full delivery.
- Identify and execute cost reduction opportunities in a dynamically growing business, including material substitutions, vendor negotiations, and volume consolidation strategies.
- Own the intake and execution of material change requests ensuring affected teams are aligned and BoMs are updated accordingly.
- Build and maintain standard operating procedures for key procurement workflows.
Requirements
What you’ll need- 4+ years of experience in procurement, supply chain, or materials planning, with demonstrated ownership of end-to-end procurement workflows
- Proven ability to build and maintain forecasting models for multiple material categories simultaneously
- Strong supplier relationship management skills with experience driving on-time, in-full delivery outcomes
- Experience identifying and executing cost reduction initiatives, including material changes and vendor negotiations
- Hands-on experience with item master data, BoM maintenance, and systemic planning levers in an ERP environment
- Comfortable managing E&O, stocking level analysis, and inventory health reporting
- Experience coaching or mentoring peers or direct reports in a procurement or operations context
- Highly organized, proactive communicator who thrives in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment
- Experience working in a remote environment with distributed teams
- Customer-driven attitude with high expectations for yourself and those around you.
Benefits
Comp & perks- comprehensive and inclusive benefits tailored to each country where we operate
- healthcare
- dental
- mental health support
- parental planning resources
- retirement savings options
- generous paid time off
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Hard Skills & Tools
forecasting modelsprocurement workflowscost reduction initiativesitem master dataBoM maintenanceinventory health reportingsupplier relationship managementvendor negotiationsmaterial change requestsstocking level analysis
Soft Skills
proactive communicatorhighly organizedcustomer-driven attitudecoachingmentoringrelationship managementcross-functional collaborationownershipproblem-solvingadaptability