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This is a hybrid position requiring 1-2 days a week in office between our Chicago HQ office (River North) and our Rolling Meadows office.  The Role   The Procurement Planner for GTI is responsible for purchasing, vendor management & research, contract negotiation and the day-to-day purchasing operations. You will develop operating plans to ensure GTI has the resources to support current forecasted business and projected growth to respond to current and emerging markets.   Responsibilities   Collaborate and communicate effectively with Procurement, Innovation, Brand, Project Team, Supply Chain, Ops Sites, and other HQ cross functional teams   Balance multiple tasks while improving the efficiency of our Procurement team, managing competing priorities effectively   Purchase Order creation in the ERP system, shipment tracking, delivery coordination, and payment confirmation, overall vendor management   Develop a business relationship with functional stakeholders and solicits feedback on sourcing and vendor performance, share and discuss supply base opportunities, and identify new and changed needs.   Support the development of cross-functional teams by identifying internal customers and stakeholders for inclusion; interfaces with internal customers to understand requirements and resolves issues; involves key stakeholders in sourcing development and execution; informs Sr. Director of Procurement of conflicts between stakeholder requirements and sourcing strategy.   Set the standards for conducting internal and external research on supply market and competitive activities within assigned spend categories to ensure the highest levels of insight is generated; under-takes or ensures the identification of supply market economics and trends; ensures the identification of qualified supply base, maintains market information on suppliers and drives optimization of the supply base.   Oversee the management of on-going vendor relationships and supplier performance across their portfolio; ensures regular supplier meetings take place and implements improvement strategies with suppliers.   Execute purchasing for assigned categories.   Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future potential problems   Work with internal team members to achieve optimal inventory levels for assigned categories based on forecast, demand variation and material lead times.   Coordinate material flows throughout product/BOM changes, obsolescence, and the introduction of new suppliers and/or materials due to new product development   Be a shared resource among the procurement team when support is needed   Continue to work with leadership on maintaining and managing diverse vendor management database   Identifies strategic opportunities which result in cost savings, areas for efficiency and opportunities for Procurement team.   Works closely with the accounting team to ensure vendor billing is corrects and terms & conditions are adhered to.   Follows procurement strategies, policies and procedures as defined by the leadership team, develops a comprehensive understanding of the business and user requirements for assigned spend categories.   Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future potential problems.   Identifies and drives process improvement workstreams to support both Procurement and cross-functional business partners.   Lead or provide input in special projects