Description
ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oral, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.
What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Medical, dental, vision plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

What You Will Enjoy Doing
Makes sure that parts are available on time as needed for specific maintenance issues. Communicates and negotiates with outside vendors on a regular basis.

• Responsible for Purchasing for maintenance, machine repair/ spare parts to OEM specifications and safety standards
• Adhere to proper business ethics by quoting multiple suppliers.
• Researches and establishes venders/ suppliers in the USA that are cost and lead time effective
• Negotiate pricing with vendors
• Establish multiple suppliers for the same parts
• When possible establish vendors/suppliers that are USA wide to be used by other ALPLA plants in the USA
• Performs setup and maintains MP2 Inventory, Equipment & Purchasing Modules with the aid of the system administrator when needed
• Maintains maintenance spare parts inventory to reduce and/or eliminate machine down time and/or loss of production
• Perform random cycle counts and audits to maintain inventory count accuracy
• Establishes MP2 inventory usage history by tracking all parts movement, through receive and check out features to establish min/max and reorder point for all
  spare parts
• Assists and trains other ALPLA employees on the use of MP2 inventory, equipment and purchasing modules
• Establishes cost saving on spare parts by rebuilding/remanufacturing parts versus buying new when applicable
• Shipping, receiving and inventory control of all machines spare parts
• Works with the other ALPLA USA plants on sharing of inventory

Requirements
What Makes You Great
Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma, GED, Technical or Trade School
• Min 5 years experience working in manufacturing environment
• Mechanical, Electrical and PLC experience

Qualifications/Skills:

• Must be able to work under little supervision
• Proven track record in troubleshooting
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Very good numerical skills