Buyer

About the role

Join a company on the rise as a Buyer with a strong technical understanding of manufacturing equipment and biotechnology. The ideal candidate thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys solving complex challenges, and is driven to find innovative solutions. You’ll play a vital role in producing equipment used to manufacture life-enhancing medications and be part of an expanding organization, including our new facility opening in Wilson, North Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Source and procure complex, custom-engineered mechanical and electrical components, structural fabrications, and specialized bioprocess systems.
• Review and interpret engineering drawings to ensure supplier quotes align with technical specifications and design requirements.
• Negotiate pricing, delivery schedules, payment terms, warranties, and return policies for highly specialized equipment and components.
• Support Project Management, Manufacturing, and Service teams with on-schedule procurement of custom-engineered components.
• Analyze engineering drawings, technical specifications, and Bills of Materials (BOMs) to ensure supplier quotes match design parameters.
• Assess supplier technical capabilities, manufacturing capacities, quality control methods, and lead times to optimize cost and performance.
• Maintain and improve technical vendor relationships, tracking metrics for on-time delivery, material quality, and compliance with industrial standards.
• Resolve material or technical documentation issues with Quality Control and Receiving to enable formal receipt of specialized goods.
• Coordinate with Mechanical and Electrical Design Engineering to resolve part number discrepancies, item description revisions, and vendor documentation requirements.
• Provide Project Managers with proactive, data-driven timeline tracking for long-lead engineering items and participate in technical team meetings.
• Assist Product Management and Sales teams by securing competitive, detailed technical quotations for raw materials and services during proposal stages.
• Coordinate with Engineering to identify opportunities for supplier-led technical training sessions (e.g., Lunch & Learns) on component advancements and cost reductions.
• Collaborate with the Global Supply Chain team to identify and execute workflow improvements, utilize advanced ERP systems, and lower operational procurement costs.
• Maintain rigid adherence to ABEC safety protocols, quality management guidelines, and regulatory compliance standards.
• Travel to vendor manufacturing facilities for technical audits or on-site inspections as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management with a technical focus, or an equivalent technical degree.
• 1 to 5 years of procurement experience in a highly technical manufacturing, biotechnology, industrial equipment, or heavy engineering environment (internships included).
• Proven ability to read and interpret mechanical blueprints, electrical schematics, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), and technical manufacturing data sheets.
• Strong command of ERP/MRP platforms (Infor Syteline a plus) and proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis and BOM evaluation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to bridge technical conversations between internal design engineers and external vendor technical teams.
• Self-starter, analytical problem-solver, highly organized, and adaptive to changing technical designs and compressed project schedules.
• Willingness and ability to learn at a challenging pace in a changing environment.