Buyer

Bimeda is a leading global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of veterinary pharmaceuticals and animal health products and has over half a century’s experience in providing science-driven solutions to optimize the health, wellbeing and productivity of the world’s animals. Bimeda’s nine manufacturing facilities across seven countries allow the company to manufacture a broad range of preventative, curative and nutritional products including sterile injectables, vaccinations, nutritional boluses, feed additives, tablets, water-soluble powders, pastes and non-sterile liquids. Globally, the company focuses on the development, manufacture and commercialization of quality Bimeda-branded products while also being the partner of choice for contract manufacturing and R&D services for prominent companies within the animal health industry.

**Purpose of the Role**

Reporting to the Materials Manager, the Buyer is accountable for the procurement of materials and services to ensure the continued operations of Bimeda Canada manufacturing plant. This role is responsible for coordinating, communicating and monitoring of the MRO and packaging needs of Bimeda Canada in tandem with operational requirements of the site. This requires supplier management, which includes (but is not limited to) supplier forecasting, leveraging data for strategic negotiations, as well as managing supplier performance through metrics in alignment with company goals. It will involve coordinating inbound and/or outbound shipments and ensuring customer requirements and inventory policies are met. The role will require inter-departmental collaboration and display an ability to think tactically to achieve day-to-day tasks and business objectives for the site.

**Job Duties**

**Purchasing Coordination & Inventory Management**:

- Participates in the procurement of indirect / non-production materials and services including but not limited to: production supplies, maintenance, project, logistics and warehousing machinery, supplies & services
- Act as the escalation point of contact for the business on all indirect purchase requisitions and purchase orders
- Monitor outputs and purchasing signals from MRP, analyse & verify demand and then place orders with vendors to ensure that needs of the site’s production are met.
- Update PO delivery dates and quantities based on variation in demand or supply parameters.
- Analyze supply and demand changes with the objective of identifying trends, cost-saving opportunities, and potential operational improvements to the procurement process
- Instruct and advise of any changes in shipping and receiving priorities and changes from vendors
- Grasp the fundamentals of Bimeda’s supply chain processes and coordinate with internal departments to ensure that appropriate plans are in place to mitigate potential problems
- Support Purchasing Manager in maintaining department metrics. Prepare various reports on a monthly or as needed basis for supply chain team.
- Monitor and track orders and existing inventory to schedule, expedite and coordinate the delivery.
- Proactively resolve supplier complaints to ensure with set quality compliance standards.
- Liaise with key personnel at each major supplier; understand their manufacturing processes, equipment and systems, and quality managements systems and grasp the implications for Bimeda’s purchasing policies.
- Provide updates on procurement outcomes to all internal departments (i.e. Warehousing, QA, Planning, QC, maintenance, Technical Operations and R&D).
- Perform Inventory adjustments, resolve discrepancies, and inventory reconciliation (backflushing) and provide support to stakeholders as needed
- Supports inventory control & warehousing activities as needed.
- Provide back-up and support to supply chain department as needed.
- Assists in the management of short-term operational issues when required.
- Other duties as assigned by Materials Manager.

**Vendor Management & Reporting**:

- Coordinate all vendor related documentation including certificates of analysis & testing, technical specifications, Standard Operations Procedures, Change Requests etc. as required.
- Support Purchasing team as required and assist with escalation potential issues, suggesting resolutions and maintain a log of problems arising from internal and external supply chain constraints
- Know key personnel at each major supplier; understand their manufacturing processes and lead time implications.
- Generate reports on obsolete and expired inventory and assist in the rationalization and removal of said inventory to ensure data integrity is maintained within the MRP system
- Support Materials Manager in maintaining department metrics. Prepare various reports on a monthly or as needed basis for supply chain team.
- Develop and track KPIs while working with impacted departments to benchmark and achieve targeted metrics
- Create and analyse reports from MRP, inventory & warehousing systems to he