Sr Buyer

Emergent Biosolutions•Canton, MA

12d•$129,000 - $156,000

About The Position

The primary role of this position is to partner with department managers to plan, procure and source materials, equipment and services for a multi-product manufacturing facility of bulk vaccine, as well as serve as the bridge between internal and external business partners to ensure the timely and cost-effective delivery of high quality goods and services.

Requirements

Bachelors’ degree in Business, or another supply chain related field.
5 - 7 years of procurement experience preferably within the biopharmaceutical industry.
Excellent Communication skills both written and verbal.
Excellent Analytical skills required.
Must be detail oriented.

Nice To Haves

Previous people manager experience preferred.
SAP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Work with department managers to identify and recommend suppliers for capital equipment and facility services to develop budgetary quotes and bid packages.
Analyze bids and suppliers’ operations to determine factors that affect prices and determine most economic cost consistent with quality and delivery requirements.
Provide leadership, direction, and development to other department staff.
Facilitate contract request process with end user and legal departments.
Negotiate, create, and manage contracts with key suppliers as applicable.
Support company goals by developing and improving procurement methods while safeguarding and improving the integrity of the procurement process.
Negotiate the terms and pricing on the procurement of goods and services.
Prepare reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
Source raw materials, reagents, media, standard supply and lab supplies.
Create and manage purchase orders for inventory, capital equipment, services and general supplies.
Support the development of purchasing specifications by analyzing technical data and company requirements.
Conduct cost analysis on the comparison of various materials and services for initial or continued procurement.
Serve as a liaison between the company and supplier to address requirements, non-conformance, delivery and invoice issues.
Assist audit department with performing supplier quality audits as needed.
Develop supplier consolidation, cost reduction, and inventory reduction programs.
Conduct annual review with key suppliers – review supplier reliability, risk mitigation, financial stability, capacity, etc.
Assist finance department with Sarbanes-Oxley audits, along with other various agencies audits.
Process change controls and deviations as required.
Oversight of supplier data integrity in SAP.
Create / revise departmental standard operating procedures.
Assignment to departmental / company projects as required.