Senior Buyer - Military Veterans
at Kelly
Senior Buyer
West St. Paul
Direct Hire
$65-85k DOE
Position can be fully onsite or hybrid (1-2 days remote per week)
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-3pm core hours
Annual bonus potential
Comprehensive benefits
Kelly is seeking a Senior Buyer to work with our client, a leader in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, on a direct hire basis! This is an excellent opportunity to join an innovative organization that improves the lives of patients around the world and has made medical history on multiple occasions.
The Buyer will:
Work with suppliers, engineering, and manufacturing on early product development and introduction to increase supply chain responsiveness, meet deadlines, decrease costs, meet quality requirements, and reduce supply risk
Continually strive to increase understanding of advancements of new technologies in materials and supplier capabilities (processes) associated with the raw materials being sourced
Develop and execute sourcing strategies for raw materials and assertively pursue implementation once approved
Qualify suppliers based on company requirements and/or procedures
Analyze material usage on previous commercial production orders to:
Prevent over/under buying of raw materials for current production orders
Provide feedback to quoting/estimating team on the accuracy of the internal quotes that are used to drive purchasing quantities (continuous improvement)
Align purchases to improve material consumption and lower waste due to material expiry
Negotiate to achieve lowest total acquisition costs in all areas of the supplier relationship (lead-time, material cost, scheduling flexibility, warranty, inventory programs, future prices, delivery, spare parts, free items, terms, conditions, quality, etc.)
Recommend and/or performs initial and ongoing audits of potential and current suppliers
Develop, negotiate, and manage supplier contracts
Perform computer and/or manual computation to determine and allocate dimensionally correct materials and provide unit of measure conversion for production
Ensure that purchase orders are created and updated with all the correct delivery information, terms, conditions, specifications, and instructions
Create and maintain vendor files and material databases (electronic and paper)
Qualifications:
3-5 years of procurement experience (level II) or 10+ years of procurement experience (level III) in a manufacturing environment
Preferred industry experience: pharmaceutical, medical device, food manufacturing, cosmetics, veterinary, biologics, chemical
ISO and GMP experience preferred
Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills
Medical converting and rolled goods experience are preferred
Experience in Global sourcing preferred
Interviews are happening now! If qualified and interested, please apply to this posting ASAP or directly send your resume to SARP028@kellyservices.com.
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