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.

The Intercompany Supply Chain Buyer & Planner is responsible for sourcing stock from Bio-Techne internal brands and managing European inventory to meet customer demands. The role involves optimizing inventory levels to reduce lead times, minimize back orders, and ensure efficient operations. The successful candidate will work within a small team to enhance the customer experience by maintaining consistent and effective inventory management practices, collaborating with global manufacturing sites, and assisting in supporting the operations division.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate potential suppliers, assess their capabilities, and research material availability to recommend and source suppliers.
• Prepare statements of work, develop bidder lists, and manage requests for quotations or proposals.
• Conduct supplier site visits to evaluate performance on quality, delivery, and other key criteria.
• May lead or support supplier surveys as part of quality and technical teams.
• Review and evaluate proposals from both incumbent and new suppliers.
• Select suppliers for technical and highly complex materials and negotiate prices, delivery schedules, quality, and services.
• Negotiate purchase terms and conditions, and manage contracts and purchase orders.
• Ensure accurate reflection of prices, schedules, and terms as negotiated with suppliers.
• Monitor and evaluate supplier performance, implement corrective actions for failures, and address delays in production or delivery.
• Resolve shipment discrepancies and coordinate inspections, substitutions, and standardization efforts.
• Negotiate and resolve damage claims, over-shipments, rejections, and quality issues with suppliers.
• Ensure suppliers meet all industry regulations and procurement requirements.
• Prepare complex reports and analyses to monitor trends and supplier performance.
• Implement continuous improvement methods to optimize internal processes and systems, while leading or contributing to improvement initiatives with suppliers.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge in the field by attending workshops, reviewing trade publications, and engaging in professional networks and associations.
• Provide leadership and guidance to other team members and departments.
• Act as a prime contact for high-level projects, set project goals, and mentor less experienced employees.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in a Buyer/Planner function.
• Strong analytical, communication, and data entry skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite.
• Experience with ERP systems, particularly Dynamics 365, is beneficial.
• Previous experience in a supply chain environment is advantageous.
• Fluency in English (additional language skills are a plus).
• Strong experience in the life science field.
• Ability to manage the supply of specialized and custom components.
• Experience in low-to-mid volume complex hardware manufacturing.
• Team player with the ability to lead and guide cross-functional teams.
• Proven customer support and training experience.
• Previous experience in a customer-focused environment with strong skills in managing customer expectations.
• Proficient in managing and resolving issues related to purchase orders, invoices, returns, and quality discrepancies.
• Willingness to travel between EMEA offices as required.

Skills

• Exceptional attention to detail with strong analytical capabilities.
• Ability to analyze and visualize trends from large data sets.
• Effective management of open purchase orders and resolution of potential issues.
• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize a varied workload.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple departments on complex business decisions.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to work in a team environment.

Why Join Bio-Techne

We offer competitive wages along with extensive benefits for employees and their families. We invest in our employees’ financial futures through retirement programs and an employee stock purchase plan. We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more. We offer an international and diverse working environment, enriched by employee resource groups; volunteer and charity events; and employee events that build a culture of caring and belonging. We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.