Senior Buyer

4 days ago

Basingstoke, United Kingdom Thermo Fisher Scientific Full time

**Job Title: Senior Buyer**
**Location: Basingstoke**

**Position Summary**:
We are recruiting for a Senior Buyer who will be responsible for driving and improving assurance of supply across multiple divisional sites. This will include the support of immediate assurance of supply issues brought up by your team, the execution of a divisional risk mitigation plan, the supervision of the supplier relationship process and finally the execution of specific assigned saving projects.
- Please note, this is a site-based role in our Basingstoke headquarter, but will require you to travel to our East Grinstead or Dartford sites as per business requirement*_

**Responsibilities**:

- You will lead a team of 3/4 buyers across multiple divisional sites.
- You will support your team and resolve any critical assurance of supply issue.
- You will communicate clear updates to internal collaborators around any raw material shortages raised to you, via supply chain tier meetings.
- You will support your team with specific contract management purchasing processes.
- You will drive the internal change management process when alternative raw materials need to be implemented due to assurance of supply issues.
- You will complete the risk mitigation action program (at SKU & Supplier level) to reduce supply business risk exposure across the division.
- You will drive execution of the divisional supplier relationship program in collaboration with the quality team who will feedback on supplier performance and ensuring compliance with our vendor management standards.
- You will implement specific assigned divisional saving projects in collaboration with our corporate team and divisional sourcing team.
- You will support inventory reduction target to reach the divisional goal.
- You will ensure procurement processes are followed and help identify improvements (incl. Global Trade Compliance and animal derived products importations).

**Experience, skills & abilities required**

We’re looking for someone who:

- Has proven experience working within Buying/Procurement roles.
- Previous exposure within Pharma, FMCG or Regulated industry would be an advantage.
- Thinks and acts with a customer-centric attitude to deliver outstanding customer experience.
- Develops and maintains successful customer relationships both internally and/or externally, showing strong stakeholder management skills.
- Takes personal accountability for decisions and actions, and always exercises good judgement
- Holds strong problem-solving skills.
- Is intellectually curious and adopts continuous improvement, challenging the status quo. Introduces and proactively seeks out new insights and solutions to strengthen performance.
- Is able to demonstrate previous team management/leadership skills (3 years+).

**Benefits we offer**

In addition to a competitive annual salary you'll be eligible for company **bonus**, annual salary and performance **reviews**, contributory **pension **plan, private **medical insurance**, 25 days **holiday **+ bank holidays, optional** holiday purchase** scheme, **Employee Assistance Programme**, **life assurance**, **income protection**, other optional benefits such as **dental **plan, high street **discounts**, **stock purchase plan **to name a few

**About our Division**:
Working as part of our Microbiology Division (MBD), within the Specialty Diagnostics Group, you’ll play an active part in helping us to achieve our mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. The Microbiology Division discovers microbiological solutions for the diagnosis of infectious disease and detection of bacterial contamination. We serve public health, clinical laboratories, food companies, environmental screening and pharmaceutical laboratories with a portfolio of products that include culture media, antimicrobial susceptibility testing solutions and best-in-class molecular solutions for food safety testing.

**About Thermo Fisher Scientific**

When you’re part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do ambitious work, and be part of a team that values performance, quality and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best. With revenues of $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create significant contributions to the world.

ThermoFisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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