Senior Buyer

**Job Requisition No**
- VN7833

**Work Location Name**
- Bidford - UK

**Company**

BVI® is refocusing the future of vision.

As one of the fastest-growing, diversified surgical ophthalmic businesses in the world, our purpose-built portfolio of trusted brands includes: Beaver® (Knives and Blades), Visitec® (Cannulas), Malosa® (Single-Use Instruments), Vitreq® (Vitreoretinal Surgical Products) and PhysIOL® (Premium IOLs), and spans more than 90 countries.

We’ve set our sights on touching the lives of millions of patients affected by conditions such as cataracts, refractive error, glaucoma, retinal disease, and dry eye. Unburdened by legacy or bureaucracy, we have developed our strategy around a simple concept - taking pride in delivering innovative solutions for our physicians and patients, based on their needs.

We trust and empower our associates to make decisions and solve problems because collaboration drives us. Valuing agility, simplicity, and transparency, we stay committed to listening to our customers, delivering for our patients, and keeping the future in focus.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Coordinate Supplier projects within the Bidford plant for new component introduction, cost

savings and stay-in-business initiatives.
Working closely with the GSM on the rollout of global sourcing strategies for commodities that

impact the site taking due account of stakeholder mapping, spend analysis, understanding of
- current and future demands, supplier improvement and cost reduction opportunities.
Manage the overall planning, control, status reporting, stability and delivery of projects across

several functions to ensure delivery of plan to time and quality.
Working closely with Senior Buyer/Planner and as a team to effectively manage suppliers, internal processes - eliminate transactional tasks, cost reduction opportunities, and data management.
- Manage implementation schedules for commodity strategies and supply agreements.
- Assist with Supplier Management issues as necessary.

**Purpose**
- The Senior Buyer has responsibility for leading and/or assisting with cross-functional projects,
- effectively managing a full range of stakeholders, driving projects successfully towards defined and agreed results, and promoting project success. The Senior Buyer also acts as the liaison between the
- Sourcing, Engineering, Finance and Factory business units in support of Sourcing projects and objectives; participates in or facilitates business process improvement.
- The Sourcing team is supporting BVI’s transformation and growth as it becomes the fastest growing,
- diversified surgical ophthalmic business centered on customer needs.
- **Qualification**
- Previous experience managing complex, cross-functional projects.
- Previous Procurement experience ideally working in Medical devices, direct materials and within a Manufacturing environment.
- High-level understanding of ISO 13485, EU MDR and other Regulatory processes.
- Strategic Sourcing Processes including Market Analysis, RFx, Source-to-Pay.
- Comfort and courage to operate in new areas of the business with limited direction.
- A willingness to try, fail, and try again.

**Skills**:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or relevant field.
- Previous experience in project management and/or data analytics role.
- Strong data analysis skills (extremely proficient in Excel and PowerPoint; SmartSheets).
- Initiative/ability to lead projects and be a supportive team player.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as teamwork and interpersonal skills, to include the ability to develop high quality working relationships both internally and externally with customers and suppliers.
- Ability to listen to, and work effectively with cross functional teams in a collaborative, team environment.
- Curious, creative problem solver.
- Organized and results oriented.
- Ability/willingness to question status quo.
- A negotiator and a self-motivator.
- This position is remote with occasional visit to Bidford office if required.