Senior Buyer/Planner, Supply Chain

Edwards Lifesciences • Salt Lake City, UT • 2h ago

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient's life. Our Global Operations & Quality team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease. You'll partner cross-functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams, delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning, labeling, warehouse management, material handling, or any of our other supply chain opportunities, you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world.

Patients with mitral and tricuspid heart valve disease often have complex conditions with limited treatment options. Our Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies (TMTT) business unit is boldly pursuing an innovative portfolio of technologies to address a patient's unmet clinical needs. It's our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey.

This Senior Buyer/Planner will be responsible for buying or planning for a product line within our TMTT business unit.

How you'll make an impact:

Develop the Manufacturing Production Plan from the Master Production Schedule and or Project Team (R&D/Clinical) requirements with increased complexity and volume and with higher level of autonomy. Development includes the following:

Manage issues preventing execution of the MPS and production plan. Issues include but are not limited to non conforming materials or processes, material or equipment availability, completing unplanned requirements from R&D

Analyze resource availability, develop short and mid range capacity plans with manufacturing teams, and lead teams to ensure plans are met

Generate work orders using the Manufacturing Enterprise system

Manage work order progress, including working with production and other supporting departments (e.g., quality, microbiology, engineering) to ensure production plans are met

Plan materials requirements and place purchase orders from outside suppliers to support production schedules and new product launches, with increased complexity and volume, which includes the following:

Negotiate pricing and delivery

Work with the supplier to ensure materials are made to the proper specs

Lead cross functional teams to resolve obstacles to meeting the schedule, including, but not limited to, resolving issues with non conforming material, unclear specifications or vendor capacity constraints

Analyze current EW and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) levels to determine if VMI release is warranted, and communicate inventory and future requirements to supplier

Expedite purchase orders as required. Includes expediting material from the receiving dock though receiving inspection, to production stores

As a member of the Material Review Board (MRB), responsible for supplier related issues, including making recommendations on Quality reviews of rejected materials and determining final dispositions

Manage acquisition of equipment through Capital Procurement Assets (CPA) process

Establish and maintain gross inventory targets with increased complexity and may review work of associates/team members. Includes developing action plans to minimize inventory exposure and for scrapping or mitigating excess and obsolete parts based on business information.

Ensure compliance with standard cost for assigned commodities

Identify, plan and execute cost reduction initiatives

Other duties assigned by Leadership

What you'll need (Required):

Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of previous related experience or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria

Experience in purchasing and/or production control or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria

What else we look for (Preferred):

APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) certification

Experience working in a medical device and/or regulated industry

Experience using an ERP system (e.g JDE)

Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite

Excellent written and verbal communication skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives

Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills

Full knowledge and understanding of Edwards policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to purchasing material and/or production control

Full knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and inventory management programs (e.g, JIT/Kanban, Min/Max)

Full knowledge of market and economic indicators, practices and procurement procedures

Strict attention to detail

Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment

Must be able to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams, key contact representing the organization on contracts or projects, and vendors/suppliers

Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.

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