Buyer

Description

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Position Summary :

The Buyer is responsible for direct and indirect material purchasing, forecasting, and inventory management to support day-to-day operations. Essential to this role is an ability to leverage Supply Chain and ERP expertise in a regulated environment to ensure compliance by leveraging supplier relationships, material management, and replenishment planning.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Manages the purchase and production plan to ensure inventory supply through the analysis of consumption, reorder points and order quantities.
• Maintain a forecast and safety stock levels. Incorporate historical sales and forward looking forecasts from commercial teams.
• Submits purchase orders for direct and indirect materials.
• Compile and analyze data to perform price analysis, make source selections, and procurement justifications.
• Maintain a forecast and safety stock levels using historical sales data.
• Manage open orders, including past due production and purchase orders.
• Interact with OEM vendors to manage production and fulfillment schedules.
• Communicate expectations with relevant vendors, quality and customer care teams.
• Monitor and achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPI), including daily review of customer backorders.
• Identify expired Items, salvage useable components, and re-work when possible.
• Maintain ERP data fields used to support purchasing and production planning.
• Assist in launch of new kits.
• Ability to troubleshoot and solve issues of high complexity independently
• Assist in launch of new kits.
• Train and mentor other planners and act as a SME for the planning team.
• May lead projects and new initiatives for the department
• Follow company policies, practices and safety guidelines as outlined
• Demonstrates EPIC values and is recognized by others for this
• Demonstrated ability to complete all duties of the Planner role
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education and Experience :

Why Join Bio-Techne :

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.