Buyer

Azenta UK, Ltd.At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.
All we accomplish is grounded in our core values of Customer Focus, Achievement, Accountability, Teamwork, Employee Value and Integrity

Job TitleBuyer

Job Description

The role will see you being responsible for managing all aspects of materials supply.

Key responsibilities:

Responsible for timely price negotiations

Driving PPV savings

Responsible for supplier management

Ensuring products are delivered to promise and request dates

Ability to analyze cost effectiveness and make sound commercial / business decisions

Identify and manage supply chain risks, communicate with internal and external stakeholders to mitigate risks

Problem solving demand issues

Drive initiatives and continuous process improvement to help the team to become more efficient and effective

Generates internal management reports for purchasing team

Skills and Aptitude Profile:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, APICS certification (CPIM) preferred

• Minimum 2 years of purchasing demand /production planning within a manufacturing environment

• Experience with Lean / Continuous Improvement teams and activities

• Expert understanding of Oracle (or similar) MRP based planning system.

• Expert capability in modern sourcing principles

• Abilities to handle multiple competing priorities for multiple projects.

• Effective interpersonal and communication skills at all levels of the organization and maintain confidentiality to people outside the organization.

• Requires sense of urgency, and the ability to provide detailed information when needed

If any applicant is unable to complete an application or respond to a job opening because of a disability, please email at [email protected] for assistance. 

Azenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.