Associate Buyer

1 week ago


Kansas City, United States Catalent Full time

Associate Buyer

Position Summary:

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives.

Catalent’s Kansas City facility is home to our Oral & Specialty Drug Delivery, Biologics Analytical Services and Clinical Supply Services businesses. The site provides a range of integrated services for oral solid dosage forms, from formulation development and analytical testing to clinical and commercial-scale manufacture. The Kansas City facility is a Center-of-Excellence for our Biologics Analytical Services business. Our talented team has over 25 years of experience providing analytical services for stand-alone and integrated biologics projects.

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Kansas City, MO is hiring an Associate Buyer who will work alongside operational teams to ensure appropriate inventory levels for supplies and consumables, setup inventory management processes (Kanban, min/max), and support material receipts and payments to vendors.

This is a full-time salaried role. The core hours are Monday – Friday, 9:00AM – 5:00PM

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee.  

The Role

Coordinates inventory levels and procurement activities for various groups on site; Help setup inventory management processes such as Min/Max or Kanbans; Support MRO & Direct materials buyers with open purchase orders and associated invoices; Send out approved PO’s to appropriate vendors and assist with order confirmations; Support any receipt issues to ensure payments are made in a timely manor; Assist site procurement department with cost avoidance and cost savings efforts; Work with back office for processing of orders; Support Continuous Improvement projects; All other duties as assigned;

The Candidate

High School diploma or equivalent required, Associates degree preferred; 2+ years of experience in materials management, procurement, supply chain, or related field preferred; ASCM CPIM or CSCP certification preferred; Knowledge of ERP systems (JDE 9.2 preferred); Knowledge of Microsoft office (Excel, Teams, SharePoint, Word) required; Excellent written and verbal communications skills with internal and external customers, peers and managers required; Strong problem solving and analytical skills are required; Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds;

Why you should join Catalent:

Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process  Diverse, inclusive culture  Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives  152 Hours + 8 paid holidays Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I Dynamic, fast-paced work environment Community engagement and green initiatives  Generous 401K match  Company match on donations to organizations Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment  Tuition Reimbursement – Let us help you finish your degree or start a new degree WellHub program to promote overall physical wellness  Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to . This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

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