Purchasing Specialist

Company Description

Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity to use your skills in a successful and growing company? If you have the desire to work in an energetic, collaborative environment and you are looking for long-term growth then check out this opportunity at Bausch Stroebel Machine Company, Inc.

Bausch Ströbel is a trusted and experienced supplier to the pharmaceutical industry specializing in filling and packaging systems. 

B S filling and packaging lines are used worldwide to fill syringes, vials, cartridges, and ampoules with high-grade liquid and powder pharmaceutical products. Applications range from cleaning and sterilization to labeling and syringe assembly. In addition to designing and building systems tailored to customer specifications, Bausch Ströbel provides a wide range of specialized services aimed at ensuring system reliability and productivity.

Our goal: Providing the best technical and economical answers to the challenges presented by the world market.

With this clear goal in mind, we are designing and manufacturing packaging equipment for the pharmaceutical and allied industries. From modest beginnings more than 50 years ago - with a staff of only four - Bausch Ströbel has developed into an international enterprise. It is now one of the leading manufacturers in pharmaceutical packaging equipment.

We are striving to create optimal solutions for our customers. To achieve this aim, we are continually making innovations to improve products and processes.

Job Description

SUMMARY / OBJECTIVE:

The Purchasing Specialist handles all duties related to supplier development, purchase order processing, and production planning.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• ERP-driven (requirements for implementation)
• PO processing
• Identify suppliers
• Assist with 3rd party sourcing
  • Research vendors
  • Request quotes/evaluating
  • Analysis of Headquarter vs. Supplier lead-times
  • Cost analysis between suppliers
• Assist Senior Purchasing Specialist with production support efforts in Purchasing:
  • Place stock POs for parts needed for work orders.
  • Provide input for re-ordering parts based on demands.
  • Track part availability
  • Create work orders for 3rd party manufacturing (which requires Production QC efforts)
  • Back-up production planning for work order creation
• Identify and help develop process improvements
• Review order history and propose adjustments to order point quantities
• Coordinate stock orders with BASMA / Purchase parts and materials
• Miscellaneous urgent orders
• Support and test work instructions and provide feedback
• Promote customer focus
• Assist the team with development and implementation to mitigate the impact of tariffs on procurement costs, including identifying alternative suppliers, exploring duty-free zones, and negotiating favorable trade agreements. The individual should have familiarity and some level of experience in:
  • Tariff Impact Analysis: Understanding how tariffs affect product costs and the overall supply chain.
  • Supplier Diversification: Identifying and sourcing from alternative suppliers in regions with lower or no tariffs.
  • Trade Agreement Exploration: Investigating and leveraging benefits from trade agreements to minimize tariff burdens.
  • Duty-Free Zone Utilization: Exploring the potential for utilizing duty-free zones to reduce or eliminate tariffs on imported goods.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.  

FLSA STATUS:

Non-exempt position – Non-exempt employees will receive overtime pay at 1.5 times the calculated hourly rate for time worked in excess of 40 hours per week.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS of WORK:

This is a full-time (non-exempt) position, and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 12:00pm and 12:30pm to 4:30pm.

LOCATION:

This position is located at our US headquarters in Branford, CT. This position requires you to be on-site the majority of the time to perform the job duties.

Travel:

This position does not require travel.

Qualifications

COMPETENCIES:                                                            

• Excellent communication skills, team player
• Self-motivated and can work unsupervised
• Ability to effectively respond to emergencies 
• Identify and resolve problems, demonstrate persistence, and overcome obstacles
• Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness
• Gather and analyze information skillfully
• Strong decision-making skills and ability to develop alternative solutions
• Import/Export knowledge preferred

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to understand basic technical context, shipping documents, orders, etc.
• Good arithmetic and deductive skills

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

High School Graduate or GED with at least 5 years of experience in purchasing and customer service in the manufacturing industry and/or a supply chain related 4 year degree.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• Ability to write routine correspondence and emails.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should know about MS Outlook, Excel, Word, and ERP systems. Comfortable using computer applications to maintain large amounts of information, input/retrieve data, and create reports to communicate the information.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Additional Information

BENEFITS: We offer medical and dental plans (the company pays 83% of the premium for employees and eligible dependents); company-sponsored health reimbursement accounts (HRA); Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for medical and/or dependent care, company-paid short-term and long-term disability plans, company-paid life insurance and AD&D plan; voluntary vision plan; voluntary pet insurance; voluntary identity theft protection plans; voluntary life, and dependent life plans at discounted group rates; a 401k retirement plan with a 4% company match, company paid holidays and generous a PTO plan.

Should you meet the above requirements and qualifications and feel like this position seems like a perfect fit for you, please submit your resume along with a cover letter including your salary expectations.

Bausch Stroebel’s US Headquarters is located in Branford, CT 

https://us.bausch-stroebel.com/ 

Bausch Stroebel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Bausch Stroebel provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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