Senior Buyer Gpc

hace 12 horas

Heredia, Costa Rica Stryker A tiempo completo

The Senior Account Lead is responsible for strategic and tactical purchasing activities for assigned portfolio to ensure a high level of customer service. The Senior Account Lead balances supplier capacity and internal inventory levels with demand to support targets consistent with build plans, launch plans, customer service levels and inventory turns. The Senior Account Lead leads all efforts with suppliers to address product availability issues and ensures that long term supply constraint issues are resolved or escalated when appropriate. The Senior Account Lead also has a high level of focus on driving continuous improvement both externally with the supplier and internally within the purchasing function and with key stakeholders.
- Manage strategic and tactical purchasing responsibilities for assigned portfolio to maintain a high level of customer service
- Work directly with suppliers to gain an understanding of their internal planning system and how their processes affect/interact with Stryker's material and capacity requirements.
- Develop a supply plan across a complex portfolio and multiple sites if required as franchise maturity develops. Engage in capability building with suppliers as part of cross functional teams and add expertise in creating the optimal solutions
- Generate and communicate receipts, inventory, PPV projections and any relevant KPIs to key stakeholders
- Identify gaps in existing business processes and drive improvement activities to close them
- Work cross-functionally with the following teams and global SPOC’s to support Stryker initiatives: Sourcing, AO, Engineering, Customer Service, and Operations
- Work with buying partner to maintain item master data, i.e. lead times, minimum order qty/order multiple, safety stock levels, delivery dates etc to ensure system data accuracy
- Expedite or de-expedite product as required ensuring material availability, whilst meeting agreed inventory targets. Escalate supply constraints as needed and with appropriate lead time
- Work closely with Production Planners to allow generation of a valid production plan.
- Participate and provide input to supplier score card reviews to achieve agreed upon OTIF (on time and in full delivery), cost saving and responsiveness targets
- Perform additional duties as assigned.

**Professional Requirements Required**:

- 3rd level qualification in Business, Materials Management, Supply Chain Management/Logistics, IPICS or other equivalent is required.
- Languages at least English but preferably a second language depending on global location

**Background Experience Required**:

- Minimum of 5 years Supply Chain experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment is essential.
- Knowledge of MRP systems.
- Excellent knowledge & computer skills of MS Excel, PowerPoint & Word.
- Demonstrated project management skills.
- Conversant with company policies/procedures/regulatory and FDA standards.

**About Stryker**:
Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better.

The company offers innovative products and services in Medical and Surgical, Neurotechnology, Orthopedics, and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 100 million patients annually.

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