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:
As a key member of the Supply Chain team, the Senior Buyer will play a vital role in the purchasing activities the site providing leadership with the overall health of the product line. The Senior Buyer is considered a hands-on, experienced colleague and a problem solutions leader within the Supply Chain organization.
About the Role:
- Responsible for ongoing procurement and negotiation of materials, components, and services to ensure timely delivery of goods and services within budget.
- Maintains supplier relationships, chooses the right suppliers, builds trust, and communicates regularly with them to ensure inventory levels comply with manufacturing goals while avoiding surplus material, and provides root cause analysis and proposes solutions based on analytics and data collection findings.
- Assures SAP procurement part parameters are properly set and updated as required.
- Supports cross functional forecasts, reviews and validates MRP uploads monthly.
- Manages projects (i.e., new product roll outs, exchanges, and end of life) while achieving team objectives, ensures there is no impact in service and works on new projects with cross-functional teams as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
- BA/BS in Business Management, Supply Chain Management or 10 years equivalent experience in a related manufacturing environment.
- Must have 5-7 years’ experience in SAP, MRP purchase module.
- Ability to work in cross-functional team environment and be able to communicate with technical and nontechnical associates.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with medical device manufacturing.
- CPM, Lean, Six Sigma or APEX certifications.
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.