Procurement Assistant / Buyer

Procurement Assistant / Buyer - Pharmaceuticals - Maryland - 12-Month Contract

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Procurement Assistant / Buyer to join our major, global pharmaceutical client on their latest new-build project based in Maryland, this is a large-scale greenfield capital project and investing more than $1bn.


Responsibilities:

• Assisting the Capital Procurement team to implement procurement plans supporting the Project Procurement Plan and Global Capital Facility Project plans
• Analysing quotations and preparing commercial bid analysis with vendor recommendation to site business partners
• Negotiating and achieving cost reductions and savings with suppliers/contractors for Capital Equipment and services
• Executing PO transactions in SAP & Ariba
• Expediting of Purchase Orders and regular status reporting
• Applying the Vendor Management process for setting up vendors on SAP & Ariba
• Capital PO Management on SAP
• Maintaining filing system for Purchase Orders and Vendor Data
• Backup responsibilities in similar Procurement roles as required by business.

Qualifications:

• Excellent organisational and administrative skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to quickly build relationships with relevant parties.
• Flexibility and the ability to handle multiple requests from across several areas.
• High level of IT skills (Word, Excel, etc.).
• Previous SAP / Ariba experience an advantage
• Previous experience working on large Capital projects an advantage
• Strong sense of customer focus and teamwork.
• Self-starter with the ability to work on own initiative under minimal supervision.
• IIPMM Certificate/Degree an advantage

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now!

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