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Global Commodity Specialist; Metals - Instruments
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Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72, Wales, UK
Listed on 2026-09-13
Listing for:
BioLegend, Inc.
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-13
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Procurement / Purchasing -
Supply Chain/Logistics
Procurement / Purchasing
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Global Commodity Specialist (Metals – Instruments)
Full time, Llantrisant, United Kingdom, Req
-044012.
Summary:
Leading the metals commodity globally for Diagnostic and Life Science instrumentation, partnering with manufacturing, R&D, and business leaders to provide strategic sourcing expertise for day‑to‑day operations and product road-map planning. The role supports the plastics and fluidics commodities as well.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Developing the global preferred supplier network, driving major material‑related productivity projects, and identifying new suppliers.
- Partnering with site procurement teams to drive supplier performance and cultivate redundancy and resiliency across the instrument supply chain.
- Identifying key suppliers, evaluating and negotiating to deliver continuous cost savings.
- Risk management:
defining risk and contract concepts and driving risk‑reduction activities including alternative sourcing. - Supplier management: organizing regular business reviews and rating suppliers on defined KPIs (performance, quality, cost, technology road‑map).
- New product introduction: supporting R&D and manufacturing through pilot to full‑scale production and M&A due diligence.
- Data analysis: compiling spend data by site, supplier and technology and recommending optimization.
- Technical acumen: maintaining deep understanding of fluidics commodity and evaluating alternative vendors and materials.
Basic qualifications:
- BS in Engineering, Supply Chain or a related engineering discipline.
- Prior expertise with metals commodity sourcing.
- Contracting/supply agreement experience.
Preferred qualifications:
- MS in engineering, Supply Chain or a related scientific discipline.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Experience in a biotech organization.
- Good interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
- Knowledge of SAP and ERP/MRP systems a plus.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
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