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    Purchasing Agent - Durham, United States - Medasource

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    Description

    Responsibilities:

    · Analyze inventory levels of items within ERP systems and act as needed (placing purchase orders, expediting, and deferring deliveries etc.)

    · Place purchase orders in SAP and Ariba with suppliers with sufficient lead time to enable on time deliveries to facilitate support of production orders.

    · Monitor and adjust purchase order quantities and delivery dates as needed and maintaining SAP with current accurate data.

    · Build strong relationships with external vendors, internal CLIENT SITE team and other CLIENT sites Manage material expiration and revisions to prevent production schedule disruptions and minimize destructions and obsolescence.

    · Support creation and maintenance of material master data, MRP parameters, reorder points, safety stocks, lead times, and lot sizes etc.

    · Work closely with Production Planning, Scheduling, Quality, Warehouse & Logistics, CLIENT Joint Process Teams as well as project teams to ensure material needs are met.

    · Troubleshoot receiving issues with purchase orders and communicate to suppliers regarding documentation needed to perform receipt and/or invoice payment.

    · Track and report purchasing metrics, including on time delivery, past due purchase orders, releasing purchase orders on time, etc.

    · Forecast and manage material expirations and revisions to prevent production schedule disruptions and minimize destructions and obsolescence.

    · Run reports on a timely basis including Open Order Reports and purchasing metrics, including On-time deliveries, On-time PO release, Past due POs, and On-time Incoming inspection.

    · Work with Supply Chain team to streamline processes and implement quality improvements.

    · Partnership with finance/procurement on evaluation of materials for slow-moving/obsolete inventory and obsolete inventory for destruction

    · Support the start-up of the SITE site, partnering with quality, planning, and procurement to purchase GMP and Non GMP indirect materials required for both start-up activities and routine operations.

    · Maintain close communication with all operations areas supervisor regarding all customer issues and concerns.

    EDUCATION:

    · Four-year college degree is preferred. Experience on the job in lieu of a degree may be considered.

    EXPERIENCE

    · 2-5 years of work experience

    · Experience in manufacturing, procurement, or supply chain preferably a GMP environment

    · SAP experience.

    · Knowledge of Indirect and/or MRO materials

    · Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology or other regulated environment experience.

    · Ability to work independently with little day-to-day direction.

    · Strong verbal and written communication skills up, down and across the organization

    · Capability to prioritize and multi-task effectively with the ability to change direction quickly.

    · Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment, working safely and accountable for supporting all HSE objectives.

    · Collaborate with other internal and external teams.

    · Computer literacy – Ariba, Windows Operating System, Microsoft Office

    Additional Information:

    Occasionally need to provide support outside core working hours to assist with operational issues.


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