Inter Supply Chain Buyer Planner

Position: Intercompany Supply Chain Buyer Planner
** By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.
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* Reports To:

** Supply Chain Manager, EMEA
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* Location:

** On-site Abingdon, England                                           
** Hours of Work:
** 37.5 hours per week
** Position Summary
** Responsible for sourcing stock from Bio-Techne internal brands and maintaining European inventory for the European customer base.  As part of a small team assist in managing, administering, and consistently optimising inventory levels to meet customer requirements by shortening lead times and minimising back orders with our global manufacturing sites to improve the customer experience.  The function supports the operations division to deliver an excellent customer experience.
** Essential Functions**
* ** Identifies and recommends suppliers
** by investigating potential suppliers, researching supplier capabilities, services, and materials availability.  Prepares statements of work for items proposed for procurement.  Develops potential bidders lists and formal requests for quotation or proposal.
* Conducts supplier site visits and evaluates capability, performance, quality, delivery, and other key business criteria. May support or lead supplier surveys as part of a technical or quality team.
* Evaluates proposals from incumbent and potential suppliers. Selects suppliers for a variety of highly complex or technical materials, supplies or services and negotiates price, delivery, quality and service. Mitigates company risk by developing alternate sources of supply when necessary.
* ** Negotiates final terms and conditions
** of purchase, awards and administers the procurement contract or purchase order to conclusion.  Maintains accurate lead times for assigned area. Issues purchase orders and agreements that accurately reflect price, schedule, terms, and conditions as negotiated with suppliers.  May include orders with international suppliers and/or subcontractors involving import/export trade.
* ** Monitors and evaluates supplier performance**.  Determines and implements corrective actions to resolve impending supplier failure to fulfil contractual agreements that may delay production or delivery.  Resolves shipment quality discrepancies by mediating supplier/ manufacturing issues.  Facilitates inspections, substitutions, and standardisation by arranging and participating in conferences between suppliers and company personnel.
* ** Negotiates and settles damage claims**, rejections, losses, return of materials, over-shipments, cancellations and engineering changes with suppliers.
* ** Monitors and evaluates supplier’s ability
** to meet all company and government or commercial procurement requirements and ensure that the pertinent technical and quality issues receive adequate attention in order to assure compliance.
* ** Prepares complex reports and analyses
** by collecting, analysing, and summarising information and trends.
* ** Applies continuous improvement techniques
** and methods to internal processes and systems.  Develops, coordinates, and implements improvement initiatives with key suppliers.  Recommends actions by analysing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses.  Analyses proposed changes in methods and materials.  May lead or be assigned to a special project team.
* ** Maintains professional and technical knowledge
** by attending educational workshops, reviewing trade publications, establishing networks, and/ or participating in professional associations.
* ** Complies with industry regulations**; ensures adherence to requirements and advises management on needed actions.  Complies with Government/ Commercial Practices Manual (GPM/CPM) policies and procedures.
* ** Provide leadership to others in department**.  Acts as prime contact on high level projects.  Establishes goals and objectives required to complete projects.  Trains and mentors less experienced employees.##

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
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