Purchasing Agent

4 weeks ago

Durham, United States Medasource Full time

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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