Associate Buyer

Monitor open purchase orders, follow up on supplier acknowledgements, expedite critical deliveries, resolve supply issues, and maintain accurate order status information within ERP systems. Support the monitoring, tracking and management of supplier performance, including on-time delivery, quality, responsiveness, and compliance, while providing regular reporting and feedback to site strategic buyers.

Title: Associate Buyer
Location: Walkersville, MD
Duration: 12 months

Job Description:

• This is an Associate Buyer role. Buyers will be responsible for purchasing cleaning chemicals used in the sterilization of laboratory and production equipment, and potentially janitorial cleaning supplies as well.
• Buyers will be purchasing from an existing catalog of vendors, there is no anticipated supplier negotiations. 
  Support the monitoring, tracking and management of supplier performance, including on-time delivery, quality, responsiveness, and compliance, while providing regular reporting and feedback to site strategic buyers.
• Manage and resolve Vendor Returns 
  Review and process purchase requisitions for senior buyer to review.
• Create and maintain purchase orders in the ERP system in accordance with buyer direction.
• Monitor open purchase orders, follow up on supplier acknowledgements, expedite critical deliveries, resolve supply issues, and maintain accurate order status information within ERP systems.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for routine supplier inquiries.
• Assist with supplier onboarding activities and documentation collection.
• Generate and distribute procurement reports related to open orders, delivery status, and shortages..
• Investigate discrepancies involving purchase orders, receipts, and invoices.
• Coordinate with planning, warehouse, and accounts payable teams to resolve supply chain issues.
• Support buyers in managing excess and obsolete inventory initiatives.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies and procedures.
• Manage routine purchases and low-value transactions.
• Coordinate meetings with suppliers and prepare follow-up action items.
• Maintain supplier master data, purchasing databases, and procurement records to ensure accuracy and data integrity within ERP systems.
• Act as a backup for buyers during absences to maintain continuity of supply operations.
• Support cross-functional teams with supplier and raw material onboarding activities, including documentation and approval workflows.