Associate Buyer Global Procurement Operations

3 months ago

Tranent, United Kingdom Charles River Laboratories Full time

**Req ID**:220568**Location**:Tranent, GB, EH33 2NEAt Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.
- Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.
- As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

**Job Summary**
- We are currently looking to recruit a Procurement Administrator to our Procurement Team based at our Tranent facilities on an initial 14 month fixed term contract.
The role is an integral part of the UK Procurement team and requires some basic knowledge /experience of procurement alongside with good negotiation and communication skills.
Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager with a hands-on attitude in building strong relationships with the external and internal stakeholders across the business; support the business in making the procurement decision in the most cost effective and efficient manner ;ensuring the required supplies/services are timely available to meet the business requirement

The below are the minimum requirements related to the Procurement Administrator position
- Experience in a similar procurement or administrative role with a strong understanding of procurement processes and procedures
- Experience in working within a fast-paced procurement environment.
- Strong organisational skills; Able to work under pressure and manage multiple assignments/conflicting priorities and report on progress
- Attention to detail, analytical skills with the hands on approach to resolve issues; Using data both current and historical to propose business solutions in solving demand and supply mismatches
- Good understanding of stakeholder relationship with the ability to professionally communicate to the stakeholders, both internal & external.
- Ability to work well on own initiative and as part of a team.
- High level of drive and commitment - results driven individual who builds high performance teams.
- Problem solving skills.
- Good working knowledge of JAGGAER and SAP experience desirable but not essential.

Salary for this role will be dependent on skills and experience.

Upon appointment the title of this role will be Associate Buyer.

**Requirements**:
**About Safety Assessment**
Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

**About Charles River**
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
- At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.- At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.

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