Buyer II

Thermo Fisher Scientific•Cincinnati, OH

4d•Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Requirements

High school diploma/General Educational Development (GED) Certificate is required.
Minimum 3 years relevant purchasing and inventory management experience in a manufacturing or pharmaceutical environment.
Strong knowledge of Supply Chain planning processes including purchasing and inventory management.
Advanced Microsoft Office Suites (Excel VLOOKUP, pivot tables a must). Advanced ERP systems experiences (Purchasing, Inventory Management Modules) within a manufacturing environment.
Previous project/cost tracking experience including fluency in P.C. Applications for budgeting, timeline, and various spreadsheet analyses. Developed analytical and quantitative skills. Knowledge of
Good Manufacturing Practices and Standard Operating Procedures.
Effective negotiation skills and the ability to comprehend new information rapidly.
Highly organized with well-developed time-management skills.
Ability to assume responsibility and take independent action.
Results oriented, metrics driven individual with a root cause, proactive, continuous improvement approach that “owns” the processes.

Nice To Haves

College Diploma in Business or Supply Chain management preferred
Certified Production and inventory control Management (CPIM), Certified Professional Purchaser (CPP) preferred
Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

Manage and strategically perform spend assuring legal, quality, timing and brand image is maintained.
Champion the use and development of standard procurement practices and procedures and applying strategic sourcing principles.
Manage Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) information and place orders, reschedule, and expedite accordingly, ensuring maximum cost/quantity/delivery optimization.
Provide support for all new product development initiatives.
Review, track and manage change orders. Ensure purchase orders and inventory are managed to minimize scrap and production downtime.
Support outsourced activities such as sourcing, vendor management, contractualization, coordination and monitoring of purchasing inputs and status against order.
Maintain purchasing data integrity of system by continuously monitoring purchase and item parameters and revision levels.
Resolution of invoice discrepancies with the Accounts Payable team.
Submission on claims with carriers for damaged incoming shipments.
Analyze demand, inventory levels and supplier capabilities to identify, plan and implement inventory reduction plan to reach targeted inventory levels.
Establish pro-active plans to prevent undesirable inventory accumulation. Optimize safety stock, monitoring Slow Moving and Obsolete (SLOB) stocks.
Analyze inventory and monitor supplier costs, quality, delivery, and performance measurements to ensure continuous improvement and corrective action as required.
Support obsolescence management initiatives by liaising with suppliers, creating reports and participating in obsolescence management team activities.