Buyer II (Semiconductor Systems)

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Hillsboro, OR

2d • Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you will discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale, helping to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. The company provides global teams with resources to achieve individual career goals and develop solutions for challenges like protecting the environment, ensuring food safety, or finding cures for cancer. The Buyer II is responsible for supporting an assigned portfolio of suppliers for the Hillsboro site, which builds ion and electron beam assemblies for laboratory and science applications, and dual-beam wafer cutting systems for the semiconductor industry. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring reliable and cost-effective supply chain operations. You will manage day-to-day procurement activities, support supplier relationships, and collaborate across functions to ensure material availability and inventory optimization. This involves analyzing requirements, placing and managing purchase orders, and supporting on-time delivery of critical materials for manufacturing. The position also requires applying analytical skills to identify opportunities for process improvements and cost efficiencies while maintaining high quality standards, offering the chance to build expertise and contribute to operational excellence in a dynamic environment.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience working in a Purchasing or Supply Chain environment required
• Experience working with suppliers and managing purchase orders
• Working knowledge of inventory, purchasing, and supplier coordination activities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with procurement or business management systems (e.g., SBM or similar)
• Experience working with ERP systems
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to adapt priorities as business needs evolve
• Team-oriented with a focus on achieving results
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with English proficiency
• Experience with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management or related field
• Experience supporting supply chain operations in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of QAD (ERP system)
• Microsoft Access and Microsoft BI experience
• Familiarity with continuous improvement concepts

Responsibilities

• Supporting an assigned portfolio of suppliers for the Hillsboro site
• Ensuring reliable and cost-effective supply chain operations
• Managing day-to-day procurement activities
• Supporting supplier relationships
• Collaborating across functions to ensure material availability and inventory optimization
• Analyzing requirements
• Placing and managing purchase orders
• Supporting on-time delivery of materials critical to manufacturing operations
• Applying analytical skills to identify opportunities for process improvements and cost efficiencies while maintaining high quality standards

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration
• Annual incentive plan bonus
• Healthcare
• Range of employee benefits
• Employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization
• Outstanding career and development prospects
• Exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!
• Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees