Buyer

Location

Durham, County Durham | United Kingdom

Job description

Bruker is enabling scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new applications that improve the quality of human life. Bruker’s high performance scientific instruments and high value analytical and diagnostic solutions enable scientists to explore life and materials at molecular, cellular, and microscopic levels. In close cooperation with our customers, Bruker is enabling innovation, improved productivity, and customer success in life science molecular and cell biology research, in applied and pharma applications, in microscopy and nanoanalysis, as well as in industrial applications. Today, worldwide more than 8500 employees are working on this permanent challenge at over 90 locations.

Bruker offers differentiated, high-value life science and diagnostics systems and solutions in preclinical imaging, clinical phenomics research, proteomics and multiomics, spatial and single-cell biology, functional structural and condensate biology, as well as in clinical microbiology and molecular diagnostics.

Bruker’s Semiconductor Division is the leader in automated atomic force microscopy (AAFM) and advanced X-ray metrology and defect inspection tools for the silicon and compound semiconductor industries. The division offers the most comprehensive portfolio tools, based on X-ray technologies including XRR (X-ray reflectometry), XRF (X-ray fluorescence), XRD (X-ray diffraction), XRDI (X-ray diffraction imaging) , and others. The X-ray business unit is based in Migdal Ha’Emek, Israel with facilities in Durham UK, Karlsruhe, Germany , and support offices and sales representatives worldwide. 

• Overall responsibility for issuing purchase orders and operating subcontractors from the demand and sourcing stage to delivery.
• Stablishing purchase orders and tracking until delivery.
• Gathering needs and evaluating suppliers in preparation for negotiations, requests for quotes, and responsibility from the end of the negotiation stage until the completion of the contract with the supplier.
• Responsibility for ongoing procurement operations with all relevant parties: suppliers, internal customers, and interfaces.
• Handling and promoting proactive departmental tasks or intra-organizational requirements.
• Handling defective products (MRB).
• Understanding the internal customer's need, defining a budget framework, suggesting alternatives, and assisting in choosing the optimal solution.
• Identify opportunities for proactive effective and streamlining processes.
• Analysis of market trends to identify potential suppliers and alternatives.
• Managing relationships with suppliers (local and foreign).
• Leading cost reduction projects.
• Negotiating commercial contracts and engagements

• Practical Engineer / Industrial and Management Engineer / Relevant bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 3-5 years of commercial procurement experience in a similar
• Assertiveness and commercial negotiation abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and motivation.
• High mastery of Excel.
• Experience with SAP – Advantage.
• Experience with mechanics, electronics, and machining – an advantage.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to work with multiple interfaces.
• Service awareness and high learning ability.

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