Buyer, Manufacturing ​/ Production

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The Buyer is responsible for ensuring materials are availability on-time to support our production, new product introduction and R&D schedules. This role involves managing inventory levels, supporting material demand, product changes, resolving supplier matters and collaborating with stakeholders. This position requires the ability to work in a fast-paced start-up environment, be a self-starter and the ability to prioritize tasks and projects to meet timelines.

You will closely monitor the supplier's relationship with current and potential supplier, negotiate prices and terms, and ensure quality, price and delivery standards are met.

This role is also responsible for ensuring consumables and materials such as components, supply items, tooling, etc. are available for production, maintenance, and material handling operations.

This position will follow an onsite schedule, requiring 5 days in-office per week from our Carlsbad, CA site.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

• Place purchase orders for procurement of materials based on requirements driven by the forecasts, production plans, and R&D.
• Maintain relationships with existing supplier and develop relationships with new suppliers by leading quote development, supplier on-boarding and monitoring.
• Foster strong relationships with internal customers. Act as the primary interface with production, and material handling.
• Identify material requirements, execute purchase orders, follow-up on deliveries and adhere to inventory stock levels.
• Develop material status reports and provide updates to manufacturing and R&D teams.
• Set up and manage safety stock levels and optimize material replenishment schedules.
• Utilize inventory tracking methodologies, analyze data and take appropriate action.
• Manage efficient material change process by coordinating the specification change and driving the implementation plan that prevents material shortages or excess scrap.
• Support Incoming Quality Control to ensure components meet defined quality standards and requirements.
• Work with quality and engineering on supplier corrective actions as required.
• Request and process Returned Goods Authorizations.
• Ability to read and understand technical specifications.
• Monitor and report on-time delivery, purchase price variances, supplier quality performance, monthly.
• Maintain accurate records and documents related to all purchasing activities.
• Improve purchasing and planning processes through LEAN principles.
• Other duties as required.

• Minimum bachelor's degree or higher in related field or minimum of 2 years' experience in purchasing and/or planning roles.
• Experience in manufacturing environment.
• Advance level competency with MS suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Must be able to quickly learn new ERP systems.
• Must be able to read blueprints and interpret technical specifications and illustrations.
• Supplier contract negotiation experience.
• Must be a critical thinker.
• Must be able to meet job requirements while following GMP and ISO policies.
• Intermediate knowledge of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) concepts.
• Must have strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Minimum Salary: $45,800

Maximum Salary: $87,100

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) - see  vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs.

At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

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