Responsibilities:

• Manage and Lead Team of Buyer/Planners.
• Developing and sustaining long-standing relationships with company vendors.
• Manage sourcing and purchasing strategies aimed at reducing cost, minimizing risk, improving quality, and optimizing business processes.
• Develop RFQ’s, solicit quotes and analyze costs/terms.
• Negotiate with vendors for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and services used by the company.
• Work with company leadership to negotiate and finalize contracts with critical suppliers.
• Work with vendors to address quality issues.
• Identification and assistance in qualification of new vendors.
• Implementing vendor selection programs to ensure that the best vendors are secured.
• Minimize interruptions to production schedules through effective parts and materials procurement.
• Establish and monitor supplier schedules.
• Build strong supplier relationships and serve as a main point of contact for all critical suppliers, staying up to date on open orders, statuses, issues, purchase volumes, changes in design/technology, contact information etc.
• Evaluate current and prospective suppliers through audits and other performance metrics (on time delivery, quality, service, price). Ensure all supplier adherence to code of ethics/conduct.
• Ensure Supply Chain policies and procedures are followed and maintained in accordance with ISO certification and all state and federal regulations.
• Develop and implement cost-savings and productivity initiatives.
• Change order management to on-board new vendors and make necessary changes to existing parts.
• Bill of Materials (BOM) management through ERP and QMS systems.

Requirements:

• Related degree and a minimum 5 years’ experience in medical device/FDA regulated environment (required)
• BA/BS in Business or Engineering or related discipline (preferred) or
• 1-3 years’ Experience with ERP systems.
• ISM certification (preferred).
• Working knowledge of GMP/FDA/ISO environments and requirements
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Power Point, Word, etc.)
• Proven ability to coach and develop staff.
• Must be able to travel 25%