Buyer

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Company & Job Overview

Diality is a medical device company focused on developing solutions to improve lives impacted by kidney disease. Diality offers the Moda-flx Hemodialysis System, a user-friendly, mobile, and connected hemodialysis system designed to maximize clinical flexibility and ease-of-use for both clinical and non-clinical users. The Moda-flx Hemodialysis system combines flow rate capabilities of conventional in-center dialysis devices with a fully integrated reverse osmosis (RO) water filtration system to provide a broad range of prescriptions and meet the needs of any professional dialysis care setting.

As a Buyer, you will play a crucial role in optimizing our procurement processes, driving cost savings, and maintaining positive supplier relationships. 

Responsibilities

Component and Material Supply:

• Creates, processes and tracks purchase orders to ensure timely delivery of goods, services and equipment per internal stakeholders’ requirements. 

• Coordinates the initial inquiries from product development engineers to outside vendors and their representatives. 

• Ensures purchase order data accuracy

• Maintains accurate procurement records in accordance to quality requirements. 

• Maintains and reports KPI’s to ensure timely approval of purchase orders.

• Executes timely placement of purchase orders.

• Works with relevant internal departments to manage inventory requirements. 

Supplier Management:

• Works collaborative with suppliers and ensures proper communication of purchase order expectations. 

• Develops and maintains relationships with suppliers.

• Monitors supplier compliance against PO requirements. 

• Collaborates in the supplier scorecard evaluation process. 

• Executes actions based on defective materials plans.

• Ensures accuracy and maintains ASL (Approved Supplier List) and secures documentation for new supplier set up. 

• Works with the Finance team to proactively investigate and support resolution of supplier Accounts Payable issues.

Cost Analysis and Reduction:

• Tracks spend to ensure meeting budget limits.

• Identifies and reports on opportunities for cost reduction.

Risk Management:

• Maintains accurate entry data to ensure all supplier change notifications are being tracked.

• Monitors ongoing compliance with purchasing policies and procedures. 

Process Improvements:

• Actively participates in process improvement projects and ensures timely response to assigned action items.

Other:

• Ensures adherence to company policies and procurement best practices while identifying areas for operational improvement.

• Other Operational tasks as directed and needed.

Requirements:

Required Skills & Abilities

• Proficient in Purchasing best practices.

• Understanding of MRP (Materials Requirement Planning) function

• Good level understanding of FDA requirements for purchasing

• Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills

• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills

• Effective negotiation skills 

• Self-started with ability to work independently under pressure and react quickly to changing priorities.

• Proficient in use of accounting and ERP software

• Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite

• Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work

• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills

Education & Experience

• Bachelor degree in Supply Chain or Administration, required.

• 1-3 years buyer experience

Travel

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

• Must be able to access all areas of the facility to determine needs.

• May require travel.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of duties performed for this position.