Purchasing Assistant
About The Position
LabConnect improves lives by partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and clinical research organizations (CROs) to accelerate the development of new medicines around the world. We are an independent, global, one-stop-shop focused on delivering Central Laboratory Services that are tailor-made, timely and flexible to meet the evolving study demands of traditional to increasingly complex trials. Additionally, we provide Functional Service Provider (FSP) Solutions, supporting our clients with scientific and technical expertise, acting as an extension of their team, coordinating all laboratory related needs, advising on strategies for lab data collection and providing end-to-end analytical and logistical solutions. The Purchasing Assistant works in concert with other purchasing group members to help coordinate item supply activities with Project Managers and inventory control to provide the proper goods and services required by operations in a timely manner.
Requirements
- Exceptional integrity
- Ability to work within a disciplined, quality system-driven environment
- Demonstrated data analysis skills
- Excellent communications skills
- Ability to apply simple mathematical skills and abstract thinking in a logical and organized manner
- Ability to solve practical problems, investigate issues, and draw correct and logical conclusions.
- Ability to understand instructions and mathematical and diagrammatic representations of data in both an abstract and concrete manner
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree
- Purchasing experience, 1 year
Responsibilities
- Prepare and enter purchase orders.
- Resolve packing list/invoice discrepancies.
- Ensure inventory levels of all items purchased are in accordance with established purchasing practices.
- Coordinate item substitution approvals with order processing and the Project Managers.
- Account for non-conforming purchased material disposition, including scrap.
- Carry out the disposition of obsolete materials.
- Manage other purchasing-related projects as assigned.
- Communicate with internal teams regarding inventory.
- Work with vendors to place and reconcile orders.
Benefits
- Base Pay
- 401k Match
- Possible Annual Bonus Eligibility
- Health Benefits beginning on date of hire
- PTO plan
- 11 Paid Company Holidays
- 1 Day to Volunteer in your community
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- AD&D
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
