Procurement Specialist: Supply Chain Optimization

hace 4 días


San Francisco, Heredia, Costa Rica Viant Medical A tiempo completo

At Viant Medical, we are seeking a highly skilled Procurement Specialist to support the strategic and tactical procurement of goods and services. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing key suppliers and supply relationships, implementing global supply programs, and developing Procurement processes.

Job Description

The Senior Buyer role involves:

  • Ensuring compliance with GMP and SOPs to meet FDA and ISO regulations and quality standards.
  • Purchasing high-quality raw materials, components, and production supplies at the lowest cost while meeting delivery schedules.
  • Negotiating price increases with suppliers.
  • Maintaining inventory levels and using Purchase Authorization Approval forms to extend liability when required.
  • Verifying purchases meet quality and quantity requirements according to specifications and reporting discrepancies to the Operations team.

In addition, the Procurement Specialist will:

  • Process, review, and confirm all requisitions for assigned raw material, indirect products, or services through the ERP system.
  • Confirm supplier accuracy and acceptance of PO information and update as required.
  • Review daily open order reports and take appropriate action.
  • Manage PO dates properly to maintain accurate promise dates for OTD information.

Key responsibilities also include expediting, following up, or extending deliveries of all open purchase orders to ensure timeliness with production schedules. The Procurement Specialist will also manage return authorization requests, negotiate credit, reworks, or replacements, reconcile invoice discrepancies, and help resolve AP-related issues as needed.

The ideal candidate will provide forecasted information to suppliers, stay informed on supplier capacity constraints, maintain strong supplier relationships, and participate in the development of alternate suppliers. Additionally, they will participate in Supplier Performance scoring and lead functional projects as required.

This role requires excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with internal customers to identify, organize, prioritize, and execute projects to meet global supply chain initiatives. The successful candidate will use data-driven analysis methods to identify root cause problem areas and lead corrective action.

We offer a competitive salary of $110,000 - $140,000 per year, depending on experience, plus benefits including health insurance, retirement plan, and paid time off. If you are a motivated and experienced Procurement professional looking for a new challenge, please apply now.



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