Associate Buyer

Title: Associate Buyer
Location: Walkersville, MD
Duration: 12 months

• This is an Associate Buyer role. Buyers will be responsible for purchasing cleaning chemicals used in the sterilization of laboratory and production equipment, and potentially janitorial cleaning supplies as well.
• Buyers will be purchasing from an existing catalog of vendors, there is no anticipated supplier negotiations.
  Support the monitoring, tracking and management of supplier performance, including on-time delivery, quality, responsiveness, and compliance, while providing regular reporting and feedback to site strategic buyers.
• Manage and resolve Vendor Returns
  Review and process purchase requisitions for senior buyer to review.
• Create and maintain purchase orders in the ERP system in accordance with buyer direction.
• Monitor open purchase orders, follow up on supplier acknowledgements, expedite critical deliveries, resolve supply issues, and maintain accurate order status information within ERP systems.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for routine supplier inquiries.
• Assist with supplier onboarding activities and documentation collection.
• Generate and distribute procurement reports related to open orders, delivery status, and shortages..
• Investigate discrepancies involving purchase orders, receipts, and invoices.
• Coordinate with planning, warehouse, and accounts payable teams to resolve supply chain issues.
• Support buyers in managing excess and obsolete inventory initiatives.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies and procedures.
• Manage routine purchases and low-value transactions.
• Coordinate meetings with suppliers and prepare follow-up action items.
• Maintain supplier master data, purchasing databases, and procurement records to ensure accuracy and data integrity within ERP systems.
• Act as a backup for buyers during absences to maintain continuity of supply operations.
• Support cross-functional teams with supplier and raw material onboarding activities, including documentation and approval workflows.