Buyer_

**By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.** **Position Summary:** The Buyer is responsible for direct and indirect material purchasing, forecasting, and inventory management to support day-to-day operations. Essential to this role is an ability to leverage Supply Chain and ERP expertise in a regulated environment to ensure compliance by leveraging supplier relationships, material management, and replenishment planning. **ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS** + Manages the purchase and production plan to ensure inventory supply through the analysis of consumption, reorder points and order quantities. + Maintain a forecast and safety stock levels. Incorporate historical sales and forward looking forecasts from commercial teams. + Submits purchase orders for direct and indirect materials. + Compile and analyze data to perform price analysis, make source selections, and procurement justifications. + Maintain a forecast and safety stock levels using historical sales data. + Manage open orders, including past due production and purchase orders. + Interact with OEM vendors to manage production and fulfillment schedules. + Communicate expectations with relevant vendors, quality and customer care teams. + Monitor and achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPI), including daily review of customer backorders. + Identify expired Items, salvage useable components, and re-work when possible. + Maintain ERP data fields used to support purchasing and production planning. + Assist in launch of new kits. + Ability to troubleshoot and solve issues of high complexity independently + Assist in launch of new kits. + Train and mentor other planners and act as a SME for the planning team. + May lead projects and new initiatives for the department + Follow company policies, practices and safety guidelines as outlined + Demonstrates EPIC values and is recognized by others for this + Demonstrated ability to complete all duties of the Planner role + Perform additional duties as assigned **Qualifications** **Education and Experience:** + **Bachelors Degree or equivalent (AA degree plus APICS certification with a minimum of 4 years of related experience** + **ERP knowledge, Microsoft Dynamics preferred** + **Working knowledge of Microsoft office with advanced excel skills** + **Familiarity with ISO and cGMP requirements** + **Lean manufacturing experience** + **Strong analytical and problem solving skills** + **Familiarity with ISO and cGMP requirements** + **Lean manufacturing experience** + **Strong analytical and problem solving skills** **Why Join Bio-Techne:** + **We offer competitive salaries along with extensive medical, vision, and dental plans for you and your family starting on day one** + **We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k matching and an employee stock purchase plan.** + **We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more.** + **We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.** + **We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.** **All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.** **Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.**