Responsibilities

Associate Capital Purchasing Specialist partners closely with the customer R&D groups at their assigned site across the EMEA or US region. This customer facing role involves the procurement of all machinery and equipment in accordance with capital equipment purchasing guidelines. This individual will manage the end-to-end procurement process and build connections with the on-site capital champions, ensuring right first time execution.

Hybrid working model, 2 days on site in Stevenage.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all orders are accurately processed and in a timely manner for all assigned customer business groups.

• Assist in the completion of work instructions and SOP’s to deliver a standardized level of support

• Resolve any unconfirmed purchase orders

• Closely monitor all invoices and process within the agreed time frame. This will include invoice discrepancies/credit note processing/process documents/goods receipting and approve/reject/code invoices.

• Responsibility to challenge cost saving/cost avoidance & obtain bulk quotes to maximize savings, pricing & stock availability.

• Provide cross regional support working agile as required

• Continuous improvement of the purchasing team ways of working

• Ensure users/customers are kept informed of progression & status of their orders.

• Use agreed procurement systems to process customer orders.

• Keep all orders directed to preferred suppliers per GSK R&D procurement strategy. Follow procurement strategy and challenge users going outside this policy.

• Single point of contact for all capital purchasing enquiries.

• Comply with all site Health & Safety regulations.

• Provide relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to the PerkinElmer management team on the procurement service provided to the customer groups.

• Identify opportunities to give time back to science and capture evidence to align with account initiatives

• Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment

• Support training of new team members

Basic Qualifications:

• Associate Degree in Business Administration or other related field with 1+ years of purchasing or similar administrative experience OR

• 2+ of purchasing or similar administrative experience preferred

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with Smartsheet is a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior purchasing experience in a customer-facing scientific environment.

• Prior experience working with vendor representatives

• Strong IT and Analytical Skills

• Knowledge of databases and purchase ordering systems

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