Sr. Buyer
Abbott
- Alajuela
- Permanente
- Tiempo completo
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Private medical insurance, cafeteria subsidy, stock program, and employee association, among others
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diverse, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
- Negotiates long term contracts that are not managed by the commodity management teams, within established limitations and scope of authority to obtain the most favorable business partnerships, including but not limited to quality, availability and cost.
- Plans and schedules deliveries to optimize inventories in support of production schedules/business demands by working with forecasting data/teams, planning teams, commodity teams and shipping/receiving teams.
- Review purchase requisitions and confers with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule, reviewing quotes for accuracy and competitive strategies.
- Implements process and procedure best practices by partnering with other functional leadership with the related product lines.
- Facilitates vendor corrective action and partners with SQE and suppliers to improve quality.
- Actively engages in the business unit and contributes to CIP, PPV, unit cost, UPPH, PA, cycle time metrics. Making sure decisions follow the quality/service/cost principles.
- Recommends pricing strategies to achieve department operating goals.
- Creates and maintains mutually beneficial long-term partnerships with suppliers to foster feedback and continuous improvement, usually being the single source of contact for the vendor.
- Investigates and recommend new vendors:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain or equivalent experience.
- 5 years Of progressively responsible experience in purchasing/commodity management.
- 3 years Working with purchasing/commodity management software and Experience negotiating terms and purchasing agreements.
- Advanced commands of English, and basic Portuguese level / Required
Alajuela : AVCR-1ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:WORK SHIFT: Cr09Sal (Costa Rica)TRAVEL: Not specifiedMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: YesSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Work in a clean room environment