- Ensuring compliance within the organisation with procurement policy and overall process
- Supporting in due diligence and selection of suppliers
- Negotiation of supplier agreements, ensuring best value and metrics are agreed upon.
- Supporting the Manufacturing & Services teams in planning and ensuring materials are on site on time.
- Manage the requisition to purchase process, ensuring goods arrive in good time, tracking OTIF.
- Thrive in a fast-moving and entrepreneurial environment that rewards data-driven, clear, and concise decision-making.
- Be a source of expert knowledge and the driving force behind the development and management of procurement processes within Yourgene Health.
- Act as the primary point of contact with supplier negotiations and contribute to the multi-functional team charged with supplier selection during product development.
- Develop a comprehensive suite of supplier measures of performance that capture cost efficiencies and improve delivery performance across the supplier base.
- Improve supplier performance in terms of quality, cost, delivery, technology and service, to achieve business targets.
- Lead supplier negotiations and drive successful completion of cost reduction projects to achieve the best total cost of ownership for the company.
- Provide budget recommendations and deliver price variance savings to improve business profitability.
- Maintain and negotiate critical supplier agreements ensuring that all critical components are kept up to date and that supplier contractual obligations are met.
- Reduce risk through the implementation of contractual terms and conditions while identifying and approving second sources of supply where appropriate.
- Adopt a cross-functional and customer-focused approach through regular liaison with Logistics, Product Operations, Service Labs, Research and Development and Commercial teams to ensure decisions are in line with customer requirements.
- Proven track record of international direct & Indirect materials sourcing; ideally gained in a biotechnology or diagnostic manufacturing environment.
- Experience managing international commercial/procurement projects
- Strong project management and people skills with the ability to deliver results through teams.
- Excellent negotiation, communication and analytical skills
- Computer literate with competence in MS Excel data analysis functions and to create effective PowerPoint presentations
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
- Experience of using Oracle NetSuite software systems
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Procurement Specialist - Manchester, United Kingdom - Yourgene Health
Description
Job title: Procurement Specialist
Reports to: Operations & Strategic Partnerships Manager
Location: Manchester Science Park
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary & Benefits: Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
About Yourgene Health:
Yourgene Health is a leading integrated technologies and services business, enabling the delivery of genomic medicine. Yourgene work in partnership with global leaders in DNA technology to advance diagnostic science.
Yourgene primarily develops, manufactures, and commercialises simple and accurate molecular diagnostic solutions, for reproductive health and precision medicine. Yourgene's flagship in vitro diagnostic products include non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPT) for Down's Syndrome and other genetic disorders, Cystic Fibrosis screening tests, invasive rapid aneuploidy tests and DPYD genotyping.
Yourgene has a range of innovative DNA Size Selection instruments, powered by Ranger Technology, ideal for cell-free DNA applications in NIPT, oncology including liquid biopsy, long fragment recovery and gene synthesis applications.
Yourgene also has a global laboratory service network equipped to be a full life-cycle partner for clinical, research and pharmaceutical organisations to support partners at the preclinical, clinical, and post market stage to develop, manufacture, obtain regulatory approval and commercialise new products and services. In addition, Yourgene offers an NIPT testing service in the Manchester laboratory.
Yourgene Health is headquartered in Manchester, UK with facilities in Taipei, Singapore, the US and Canada.
Our Culture:
Yourgene is a growing, vibrant and exciting place to work, we are looking for committed driven individuals to be part of our next growth journey. Our culture is described by our employee's as collegiate, friendly, professional, innovative, open and fast paced. We have plenty of social and well-being initiatives run by our Nova Social & Charity Huddle that keep our sense of community alive and allow us to be part of charity fundraisers. At Yourgene, we focus on putting values led programmes in place to ensure that we can attract, retain and develop our people. We want our people to have a career with Yourgene and we ensure that they are recognised and rewarded for their achievements and commitment, everyone plays a critical role in our growth journey.
About the role:
We are looking to recruit a permanent, full-time Procurement Specialist based in Manchester. This is an exciting and challenging Procurement Specialist role for an enthusiastic and driven individual with procurement knowledge and experience. This will play a visible role in growing the Operations function and cementing the importance of strong procurement governance while maintaining customer service.
Key areas of responsibility:
Qualifications, Skills and Abilities
Essential
Desirable
Closing Date:
Sunday 5th May, 2024
Yourgene Health is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
