Senior Buyer Planner
BioLife SolutionsBioLife Solutions is repeatedly named one of Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For , a list curated by Seattle Business Magazine. We welcome you to apply to join our dynamic, high-energy team. Here you will find a performance-based, family-oriented environment where authentic communication and treating colleagues with respect are required. Our employees receive a competitive benefits package, which includes a 401k matching program. BioLife Solutions ( now part of Repligen) is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of class-defining cell and gene therapy bioproduction tools and services. Our solutions facilitate basic and applied research and commercialization of new therapies by maintaining the health of biologic source material and finished products during manufacturing, storage, and distribution. Our solutions offer commercial companies and clinical researchers significant improvement in shelf life and post-preservation viability and function of biologic materials. Our tools portfolio includes our proprietary, serum-free and protein-free, fully defined CryoStor® freeze media and HypoThermosol® shipping and storage media, ThawSTAR® family of automated, water-free thawing products. For more information, please visit: www.biolifesolutions.com (http://www.biolifesolutions.com/) General Summary and Purpose: The Senior Buyer/Planner at BioLife Solutions (now part of Repligen) is responsible for managing strategic procurement activities to ensure the cost-effective, timely, and reliable supply of critical materials and services. This role analyzes supply and demand, manages supplier relationships and performance, identifies cost-saving opportunities, and supports ERP system integration. Duties and Responsibilities: Provides strategic planning for short and long-term procurement of key materials, ensuring cost efficient supply of critical materials. Analyze supply and demand reports to drive purchasing decisions on quantity, timing, cost and quality. Match receivers with invoices and confirm invoices are accurate, then provide to accounts payable. Purchase products and services competitively Handle all RMA’s with vendors (requests, follow up on replacement/credit memo, update ERP system accordingly). Communicate with suppliers regarding late deliveries, quality issues, or other supplier-related issues to ensure timely product deliveries. Provide performance feedback to suppliers by completing and communicating supplier scorecards and other operational metrics, as applicable. Support integration of ERP system. Provide commodity and supplier leadership through proactive pursuit of Low Cost Region (LCR) sourcing, formal supply agreements, Vendor-Owned-Managed-Inventory (VOMI), Supplier Rationalization/Optimization, and Supplier Risk Management activities, Develop, implement, and manage metrics to track overall success and effectiveness of savings programs performance Conduct business in a manner consistent with Repligen Corporate and site-level Purchasing policies and procedures including Repligen Business Conduct Guidelines. Provide cross-functional materials and purchasing leadership for new product introduction, engineering change and cost reduction initiatives across the global supply chain Provide leadership and communication to functional associates to ensure understanding and attainment of key performance Perform other related duties as assigned Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Job Requirements: Associates/Bachelors degree preferred, H.S. Diploma required. 4 to 8 years of planning and procurement experience, preferably in in a high paced working environment Understanding of “Lean” manufacturing Life sciences or similar industry expe…