Operational buyer

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work. And you’ll have the opportunity for continual growth and learning in a culture that empowers your development. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we provide our people with chances to create significant contributions to the world.

The Challenge and Position

At our site in Eindhoven we develop and produce high end Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM). It takes a year to build and tested before we can ship it to our customers. Most of these microscopes are customer specific. On top of that, innovations take place in a fast pace which makes the supply chain and material availability process complex and challenging.

Position Summary:

The Purchasing Buyer role carries responsibility for purchasing materials for our production, including purchase order creation and execution across a variety of commodities. This is achieved through maintaining business relationships with key suppliers as well as key stakeholder in- and externally and ensuring timely delivery of materials which meet specifications and expectations (including quality and level of service) at the best life cycle cost.

• Liaise with internal customers to establish material planning requirements towards our suppliers.
• Contribute to the periodic reports/statistics on performance required by the Manager Purchasing
• Open order management
• Expediting Purchase Orders with suppliers.
• Consolidate existing materials preferred vendors.
• Ability to work under pressure, excellent written/ verbal communication skills and a high standard of accuracy.
• Liaise with Finance for resolving account payable queries.
• Investigate and follow through complaints with associated supplier service levels.
• Prioritize delivery schedule by liaising with suppliers and in-house scheduling requirements.

The Requirements

The successful candidate will possess the following combination of education and experience:

• At least 2-5 years experience in Planning/Purchasing
• Strong understanding of IT systems (ERP) is required
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills are required as this position works with cross functional teams and external vendors alike
• Analytical, process- and result driven
• Must possess excellent skills with Microsoft Office reporting, analysis and project management
• A confident self-starter, working well under pressure, able to act on own initiative, share knowledge and operate as part of a team
• Ability to influence individuals at all levels
• Customer orientated
• Builds Customer Allegiance
• Embraces PPI
• Focus on Growth

Our offer

• Direct contract with Thermo Fisher Scientific with a competitive salary, 13th month, holiday allowance and annual incentive bonus
• A flexible working hours arrangement
• Excellent career progression opportunities within a growing global employer
• Training and courses available via our Thermo Fisher University to continuously develop yourself
• Collaborative work in an international environment
• Strong Team Spirit and many company and team activities
• Very attractive 40 holidays a year
• This is a full-time position (40 hours). Working part-time is an option in case you’re available for at least 32 hours.

We welcome candidates that enjoy working in a diverse, multi-disciplinary, groundbreaking technology environment where personal development and team cooperation are key to success, to make the impossible à possible for our customers.

Diversity in our teams is an important element to build an effective and challenging working environment. Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement are key values that we expect of all that are part of our community.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

We encourage candidates that enjoy working in a diverse, multi-disciplinary, groundbreaking technology environment where personal development and team cooperation are key to success, to make the impossible, possible for our customers. Diversity in our teams is an important element to build an effective and challenging working environment! Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement are key values that we expect of all that are part of our community.