Buyer 2

Evergen•Alachua, FL

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Evergen is a global industry-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in regenerative medicine. As the only regenerative medicine company that offers a differentiated portfolio of allograft and xenograft biomaterials at scale, Evergen is headquartered in Alachua, FL, and has manufacturing facilities in West Lafayette, IN., Eden Prairie and Glencoe, MN., Neunkirchen, DE., Glasgow, UK., and Marton, NZ.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
4-6 years of relevant experience in purchasing, supply chain, or another relevant field
Additional experience may be substituted for education requirements
Excellent verbal and written communication
Negotation
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software
Microsoft Suite, especially Excel
Move or lift objects up to 25 pounds
Frequent (>75%) stationary position (standing or sitting) while utilizing digital displays
Frequent (>75% fine manipulation using hands and fingers (typing, opening, writing, clicking, paper sorting, etc.)
Onsite: Office environment with assigned workstation
Remote positions only: Home office environment with minimum distractions

Responsibilities

Identifies and selects vendor to procure requisitioned commodities, meeting criteria such as price, quantity, quality, and delivery dates
Places orders and solves problems with orders with a high level of customer service
Analyzes purchase requisitions and contacts initiator to clarify or complete information, delivery, existing open contracts, and competitive bidding
Ensures purchasing procedures are consistent with company policy and works to train requestors on initiating requisitions and orders appropriately
Maintains materials master data such as correct pricing, inventory levels, contact information, and lead time in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to ensure future order request accuracy
Manages project lead times and provides up-to-date information to project manager when needed
Participates in the identification and implementation of continuous process improvement initiatives
Establishes and maintains a positive working relationship with suppliers and represents the company to those supplies with a high level of professionalism
Ensures compliance to company policies and procedures, including Purchasing Ethics, corporate standards, audit rules, laws, etc. in order to mitigate company risk
May mentor new team members in the Company’s systems and processes
Other duties as assigned