Senior Purchasing Agent
- Employer
- Perkin Elmer
- Location
- Shelton CT US
- Closing date
- Feb 2, 2018
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- Sector
- Pharmaceutical
- Hours
- Full Time
- Organization Type
- Corporate
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Purpose: As the Senior Purchasing Agent, the position will be responsible for procuring all materials related to OEM products and consumables. The individual will be an essential player in supporting key sourcing strategies, long term supplier negotiations and implementing project changes related to the OEM product family. This position will also work closely with operations, logistics, and service sales to ensure stocking levels are maintained throughout PKI’s global distribution network.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for managing assigned suppliers and all relative parts to ensure on-time delivery, part quality and costs
- Owns the procurement process within SAP from requisition to purchase order receipt
- Troubleshoots internal material issues such as quality issues, missing receipts, and invoicing issues
- Maintains all pertinent information fields within SAP
- Negotiate, implement, and maintain Lean Replenishment agreements with key suppliers
- Upholds individual inventory part levels to support manufacturing and logistics build requirements
- Support benchmarking of existing supplier costs against potential new suppliers in LCC through comparative analysis
- Challenges existing suppliers to securing best price through supplier negotiations, value engineering, and competitive benchmarking
- Aid Engineering and Strategic Sourcing teams on New Product Introductions
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