Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer

We believe that great healthcare is an essential safeguard of human dignity. At Laborie, we know the work we do matters – it's what fuels our motivation and contributes to our success. If you're ready to make a positive impact in the lives of patients across the globe, we'd like to meet you. We support and empower our employees to grow their careers in an environment that encourages a sense of belonging and a connection to doing good. We're not afraid to roll up our sleeves to make our goals a reality and work together to solve for our customers. We reward and recognize our employees based on our values of Aspire to Greatness, Respect All, Own It, Working Together, Persist with Passion.

Who We're Looking For: The Senior Buyer is responsible for the purchasing activities throughout the Laborie supply chain network. The Senior Buyer is considered a hands-on, experienced colleague and a problem-solutions leader within the Purchasing organization. This individual will be the point of contact between different cross-functional teams and products assigned. They are expected to support multiple projects simultaneously while achieving team objectives. They will lead by example in supply chain improvement initiatives and successfully providing great service. This position has a high level of coordination with plant level production teams and is responsible for ensuring product availability and managing delivery schedules. This is a critical role to ensure product availability and inventory balance across global sites. This position reports to the Manager of Supply Chain Planning.

About the Role: Purchasing

• Place and expedite purchase orders and internal stock transfer orders as needed.
• Maintains supplier relationships, chooses the right suppliers, builds trust, and communicates regularly with them.
• Helps with adding suppliers to the Approved Supplier List (ASL), placing purchase requisitions, and expediting orders, if needed.
• Analyzes and monitors inventory levels to comply with site goals. Avoids surplus material and stock outs.
• Demonstrates initiative in identify improvement opportunities that impact operations, procedures, or financial areas.
• Provides ongoing support to the R&D and engineering group with new projects, I.E., site expansions, NPD, line improvements, etc.
• Manages projects (i.e., new product roll outs, exchanges, and of life) with cross-functional teams to ensure there is no impact in service.
• Provides root cause analysis and proposes solutions based on analytics and data collection findings.
• Provides ongoing support on invoice issues with Accounting, while helping troubleshoot AP issues with the MRP system to ensure suppliers are paid in a timely manner.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree (preferably in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Information Technology, Logistics, or Operations)
• Masters or postgraduate are desirable.
• A minimum of 5 years Supply Chain, Operations, and/or other business experience is required.
• Inventory management experience required.
• The demonstrated ability to identify problems/issues, recommend appropriate solutions, and follow-up to ensure positive results is required.
• Proven analytical/quantitative skills are required and must be highly proficient in Microsoft Excel.
• SAP, MRP, ERP systems experience is required. Visual MRP experience is preferred.
• APICS certification is preferred.
• Experience in purchasing or materials management is required. Previous experience with demand and inventory, is highly preferred.

Why Laborie: Our Mission every day is to operate as a world-class specialist medical company making and advancing technologies that preserve and restore human dignity. We do that today by helping people with pelvic and gastrointestinal conditions live normal lives, and by helping mothers and babies have safe deliveries.

• Paid time off and paid volunteer time
• Medical, Dental, Vision and Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account with Company Funded Contributions
• 401k Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Parental Leave and Adoption Services
• Health and Wellness Programs and Events

Laborie provides equal employment opportunities and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Laborie is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in our services, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities.