Buyer

Company Overview

At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer-focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.

Azenta Life Sciences is a global leader in the life sciences space with headquarters in Burlington, MA, and offices and operations worldwide. We are a market leader in automated bio sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally. We provide unparalleled capabilities with our lab analysis, sample management and storage services, informatics software, and consumables, with the largest installed base managing over 1 billion samples globally.

How You'll Add Value

As a Buyer at Azenta Life Sciences you will be responsible for the procurement of materials across multiple portfolios and managing all aspects of supply including negotiation and cost savings. You will manage Azenta's relationships with Suppliers, including weekly production planning reviews and monthly/ quarterly business reviews, as well as communicating the business vision and working with the suppliers to achieve the goals.

What you will do:

• Procurement of all products, managing all aspects of materials supply
• Meeting with suppliers to negotiate best price, quantity and delivery timescales
• Driving savings
• Maintain relationships with existing and source new suppliers
• Ensuring products are delivered to promise dates
• Identifying and managing supply chain risks, communicate with internal and external stakeholders to mitigate risks
• Working proactively to resolve any supply issues/problem solve
• Driving initiatives and continuous process improvement to help the team to become more efficient and effective
• Generating internal management reports for purchasing team
• Participation in Kaizen events and continuous improvements sessions
• Close cooperation and communication with internal stakeholders: Lab technicians/managers, Logistics, Finance, Quality
• Working with internal stakeholders and suppliers to drive purchasing metrics

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus APICS certification (CPIM) preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with purchasing/ demand /production planning within a manufacturing environment
• Experience with Lean / Continuous Improvement teams and activities
• Expert understanding of Oracle (or similar) MRP based planning system.
• Expert capability in modern sourcing principles
• Microsoft office proficient
• Abilities to handle multiple competing priorities for multiple projects.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills at all levels of the organization
• Confidentiality to people outside the organization
• A true sense of urgency
• Ability to analyze cost effectiveness and make sound commercial / business decisions

EOE M/F/Disabled/VET