Purchasing Specialist / Buyer in Dundee

At Argenta, we’re more than a company - we’re a global team, dedicated to healthier animals. Founded in 2006, we support companies big and small to develop and manufacture health products for pets and livestock. We are in a unique position: the world’s only combined contract research and contract development and manufacturing organisation (CRO/CDMO) dedicated solely to animal health.

We are ambitious, growing, and building a One Team culture, grounded in our values. As a global company, we value diversity and the richness it brings - across locations, career stages, backgrounds, and experiences. When every person brings their best “paw” forward, we make animals' lives better. Healthy Animals. Team players who want to do great work and find innovative ways to make animals’ lives better through our customer-centric efforts should apply.

An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Specialist within our Dundee manufacturing site. The Procurement Specialist will be responsible for procurement activities across materials and services for the site and globally as directed by the Global Head of Procurement. This is not a buying/transactional supply role. This is a hybrid role, with at least 2 days onsite in Dundee.

• Manage relationships with key suppliers of materials and services to the Auckland site and globally as directed, to negotiate most cost-effective terms for the supply of major contract items.
• Be accountable for procurement activities achieving targets and objectives, ensuring consistency in systems, processes, and procedures, and on time delivery to support production plans.
• Support and lead as directed, global procurement initiatives to standardise material and service providers and reduce costs, including IT, Financial, Travel, Utilities, Insurance, and others.
• Maintain awareness of market and technology trends and make recommendations to maximise cost saving opportunities and minimise risk in procurement of direct materials and services to Argenta.
• Drive supplier KPIs and procurement strategy to deliver superior customer service and cost savings.
• Provide input and support for annual customer pricing reviews.
• Set Inventory Standards (Safety Stock, Lead-times, MOQ, Order Multiples) in collaboration with the Head of Supply Chain, to enable Systems automation of purchasing.
• Identification of supply chain risk for direct materials and leads projects to mitigate risk, such as identification and qualification of alternative suppliers.
• Optimise cash flow for Argenta through inventory policy (SS and LT) and payment terms that provide the right service to the business whilst minimising total inventory value.
• Investigate and resolve anomalies with material suppliers via Non-Conformance Reports, root cause analysis and preventative action.

Educated to Bachelors level, or equivalent, preferably in administration, logistics, supply chain or related field. Argenta actively supports and covers expenses of procurement training, including the CIPS qualification pathway.

Minimum 3 years procurement experience across direct material, indirect and capex spend areas. The individual has experience in Animal Health Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMO) to source, negotiate and execute the procurement of raw materials, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API’s), and chemical and biological excipients, and packaging to ensure site manufacturing and quality requirements are consistently met.

Outstanding negotiation skills and ability to build positive relationships with local and overseas suppliers working towards mutually beneficial agreements. Experience in procurement across a global landscape of suppliers. Experience in procurement category management techniques. Experience in procurement technologies i.e. an ability to identify opportunities and create value from complex supply chain (procurement) networks. Strong commercial skills and acumen. A willingness to take accountability for procurement performance. Proficiency in Microsoft applications.