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Evergen · 1 week ago

Sr. Buyer

Alachua, FL, US

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$85K/yr - $100K/yr

6+ years exp

Evergen is a global industry-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in regenerative medicine. The Sr. Buyer will be responsible for identifying and selecting vendors, managing procurement processes, and ensuring compliance with company policies while driving cost savings and maintaining supplier relationships.

Health CareIndustrial ManufacturingMedical DeviceProduct Design

Responsibilities

Identifies and selects vendor to procure requisitioned commodities, meeting criteria such as price, quantity, quality, and delivery dates

Uses high-level negotiation skills to drive cost savings for all areas of the company

Collaborates with internal stakeholders to provide a high-level of customer service, project timeline management, including recommending solutions, resources, and alternative supply options

Analyzes purchase requisitions and contacts initiator to clarify or complete information, delivery, existing open contracts, and competitive bidding

Promotes and ensures compliance to company policies and procedures, including Purchasing Ethics, corporate standards, audit rules, laws, etc. in order to mitigate company risk

Evaluates supplier performance and provides input for supplier scorecard with a high level of accuracy

Makes recommendations to improve purchasing procedures are consistent with company policy and works to train requestors on initiating requisitions and orders appropriately

Perform quantitative analyses to identify financial impacts of decisions, cost improvement, and performance in assigned strategies

Writes and distributes complex and technical bid invitations or requests for proposals

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

Establishes and maintains a positive working relationship with suppliers and represents the company to those supplies with a high level of professionalism

Participates in the identification and implementation of continuous process improvement initiatives

Trains new team members in the Company’s systems and processes as the department subject matter expert

Leads materials resource planning (MRP) development and maintenance functions

Provides financial analyses of purchase history and purchase price variance

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Supply chain managementEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Negotiation skillsContinuous Improvement methodologiesMicrosoft SuiteVerbal communicationWritten communication