Senior Buyer
Full-Time | Hybrid | Morrisville, NC
Make an Impact at Tecan
Are you passionate about procurement, supply planning, supplier management, and continuous improvement? Join Tecan as a Senior Buyer, where you'll play a key role in ensuring the timely availability of materials, services, and equipment while optimizing cost, quality, inventory, and supplier performance.
In this role, you'll serve as a key procurement partner across Customer Service, Warehouse, Quality, Engineering, Product Management, Accounting, project management, and external suppliers. You'll manage purchasing activities, analyze customer demand, develop stocking and sourcing strategies, and drive improvements throughout the supply chain.
If you're an analytical, collaborative procurement professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys managing suppliers, optimizing inventory, and improving supply-chain performance, we'd love to hear from you.
How Will You Make an Impact?
- Procure materials, services, and capital equipment for Tecan U.S.
- Evaluate purchase requisitions to optimize quality, delivery, cost, and availability.
- Serve as the primary Tecan contact for vendors regarding pricing, delivery, performance, and escalations.
- Expedite critical orders and provide status updates to project managers and key stakeholders.
- Initiate and manage supplier and departmental corrective actions as required.
- Lead supplier audits to ensure vendor performance, quality standards, and regulatory compliance.
- Analyze customer demand and trends to develop accurate forecasts and establish appropriate stocking levels and reorder points.
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies and annual sourcing plans to control purchased-material costs and ensure reliable sources of supply.
- Support sourcing strategies aligned with corporate and divisional goals and objectives.
- Collaborate with the broader Tecan organization to evaluate vendor capabilities, terms and conditions, and supplier stability.
- Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships to ensure open communication and efficient working partnerships.
- Build vendor capability awareness across departments to support effective supplier selection.
- Partner with Finance and Accounts Payable to resolve procurement-related invoice discrepancies.
- Maintain procurement procedures, schedules, reports, and KPIs.
- Establish, monitor, and manage vendor KPIs to meet internal performance targets.
- Serve as the SAP Procurement Power User, maintaining data and process integrity.
- Follow all applicable safety procedures and OSHA requirements and report safety concerns.
- Participate in local and global projects as required.
- Support additional business needs and respond positively to changing priorities.
What You Bring
- Customer-service-focused approach with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong knowledge of procurement principles, processes, and best practices.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong professional phone and email etiquette.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
- Strong follow-up and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse internal and external groups.
- Strong business acumen and ability to evaluate the financial impact of procurement decisions.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
- Excellent research, analytical, and decision-making skills.
- Willingness to travel as required, less than 10%.
- A desire to make a meaningful difference.
Your Background
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of progressive procurement experience.
- ERP experience required; SAP preferred.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Experience working with accounting systems.
- Demonstrated experience in procurement, supplier management, sourcing, and purchasing.
- Experience analyzing customer demand, lead times, supplier capacity, and inventory requirements.
- Experience managing supplier performance and procurement KPIs.
- Experience negotiating pricing, delivery, and supplier terms.
- Experience supporting cross-functional supply-chain initiatives.
Nice to Have
- MBA.
- APICS certification.
- Advanced SAP procurement experience.
- Experience leading supplier audits and corrective actions.
- Experience developing and managing supplier performance KPIs.
- Experience with demand forecasting and inventory optimization.
- Experience developing alternate sources of supply or substitute materials.
- Experience leading continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Experience optimizing procurement costs and supply-chain processes.
Salary Range: 80K-110K
Compensation will be determined based on education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and applicable market data.