Scientific Materials Manager

1 day ago


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Avantor Full time

Key Responsibilities:


The successful candidate will be responsible for managing scientific materials and buyer service streams on the Cambridge footprint, ensuring day-to-day operational effectiveness and delivery.


Main Tasks:



  • Point of contact for scientific consumable delivery, inventory management, and reporting.
  • Ability to effectively engage and communicate with the customer's Governance, Procurement, and Scientific functions to ensure positive outcomes regarding consumable management and cost centre spend.
  • Comprehend and articulate the operational service provision to a high level to be able to respond and direct at multiple requestor levels of understanding.
  • Delivering a robust performance management strategy to your team of two Service Leaders and to the full operational teams of 11 that they manage on-site.

Requirements:



  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain or science-related field or equivalent experience working in a laboratory.
  • Multiple years of experience working as a Scientific Materials Manager or Logistics Manager in a fast-paced pharmaceutical industry is essential.
  • 3-5 years of line management responsibilities: coaching and motivating large teams or service leaders, including experience of second-line management.
  • Solid experience in procurement and stock management.
  • Liaising with high-profile stakeholders/customers on a regular basis.
  • Regular communication with various functions of the business (Science, Procurement, Account Managers to name a few) and understanding of their role in the business.
  • Very high-level reporting skills: data and stock management, customer cost centre journaling for cross charge and spend, PO management.
  • Raising high-value purchase orders.
  • Exceptional IT skills including working experience of Excel, PowerBi, SmartSheets, data provision, analysis, management, manipulation, scrutiny, data journaling – cost centre splits, procurement platforms (COUPA & SAP), KPI metrics reporting, and automated spreadsheet set up.

Additional Requirements:



  • Green Belt Lean Six Sigma.
  • Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS).

About Avantor:


Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to helping you on your career journey through our diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your growth and success.



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