Procurement Agent / Buyer
- Location: Raleigh, NC or Atlanta, GA
Our client, a Fortune 500 pharmaceuticals organization, is looking for a Procurement Agent / Buyer to join their team! This individual will primarily work with clinical supply and lab consumables commodities.
The Procurement Agent / Buyer will report into the Director of Strategic Sourcing and will be working heavily within the ERP system and with functional stakeholders to identify requirements, sourcing process steps & project timetables, and preparing RFP's. This individual will have tactical procurement responsibility, but as the team plans to move to a new ERP system in the next few quarters, this role will become more strategic due to the capabilities of the new platform.
The Procurement Agent / Buyer will be responsible for:
- Driving the analysis and review of demand data to support purchasing and planning decisions both short and long term to ensure continuity of supply
- Communicating performance expectations and metrics to evaluate and monitor supplier performance
- Identifying potential savings opportunities and leading cross-functional initiatives to achieve Purchase Price Variance financial goals
- Analyzing bids and prepare comparative analysis to support evaluation decisions
- Ensuring purchase orders comply with contract terms and work to improve the efficiency of the purchase to pay process
The ideal Procurement Agent / Buyer has the following qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 5+ years' sourcing and/or supply chain experience
- Life sciences industry experience preferred