Buyer
Añasco, PR, Puerto Rico
Contracted
Medical Devices
Mid Level
For Purchasing services in the Supply Chain area.
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The Technical Part:
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree in related field and at least five (5) years of previous experience with Purchasing activities within the Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices Industry.
- Bilingual: Spanish and English
- Soft Skills: Excellent communication skills and a positive attitude.
- Shift: Administrative shift (M-F 8:00AM to 5:00PM)
- Experience in:
- SAP (transactions, data entry, or reporting support)
- Resolving non-conforming materials and supplier constraints
- Material planning and purchase order management to support production and NPI
- ERP/MRP system experience, including VMI and inventory analysis
- Knowledge of procurement strategies, costing, and PPV optimization
- Supporting supplier/material validation and cost‑reduction initiatives.
The Personality Part:
- Our Next Piece is someone who treats everyone they meet like family, especially our resources, clients, and team members. In other words, being a customer service pro is one of your (many) talents. Being the Piece means you're full of bright ideas and eager to innovate, always bringing top-quality results to the table. Are you ready to Be The Piece?
AS A PIECE OF FITS, YOU WILL: (The day-to-day on the job)
- Resolve issues with non conforming material, unclear specifications, or vendor capacity constraints in participation with cross functional teams.
- Follow stablished procurements strategies to meet quality requirements and optimize cost, inventory, delivery and services while ensuring continued supply (favorable PPV).
- Plan materials requirements and place purchase orders from suppliers to continuously support production schedules and new product launches, including; Negotiate prices and delivery.
- Manage purchase orders using ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and vendor portal including analyzing current EW and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) levels.
- Work with stakeholders to assist with the validation process on new/revised raw materials, components, suppliers and products.
- Analyze price and inventory forecast and provide recommendation during the annual standard costing process.
- Generate purchase orders using the Manufacturing Enterprise system.
- Maintain gross inventory targets including developing action plans.
- Identify, plan and execute cost reduction and cycle time reduction initiatives.
- Other incidental duties Participate in cross functional projects as needed.
- Update changes/parameters within MRP (Material Requirements Planning) in the Manufacturing Enterprise system.
WHO WE ARE:
We are a Service Provider company different from the rest. We pride ourselves in how we treat the most important piece of our company's puzzle: you! We integrate Engineering, Construction, Maintenance, Utilities and Specialized Technical services across the Island (and in the US as well!). Our company is flexible, family-oriented and focused on our resources' well-being, while providing our Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Manufacturing industry clients with top-notch quality talent. We're FITS!
Are you the Next Piece?
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