Job Description:

Confluent Medical Technologies is dedicated to working collaboratively with our customers, taking their projects from rapid prototype into high volume production. Our unparalleled technical expertise, proven experience and partnership with our clients has allowed us to perfect the process necessary to deliver world-class medical devices through innovative material science, engineering, and manufacturing. Our primary capabilities include: Nitinol components, balloon expandable stents and balloon catheters, delivery systems, biomedical textiles, access kits, and guidewires. We take pride in our position as the leader in the medical technology space and are driven by a passion to create products that our clients have envisioned for their customers.

We are looking for an Buyer Senior Staff to join our team in Costa Rica. As a uniquely qualified candidate, you will be responsible for production planning and inventory control for multiple products while prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay. This individual will take a lead role in continuous improvement, product flow and capacity improvement to improve the overall efficiency of manufacturing while service level targets.

SUMMARY: Responsible for procuring raw materials, OEM components, capital equipment, tooling, supplies and services, to ensure customer service level, while achieving the targeted company objectives.  They are also responsible to strike an optimal balance between cost, quality, delivery and service in a fast-paced environment.  The Senior Buyer is responsible to thoroughly understand the commodities and/or projects they support, to give the organization a competitive advantage and evaluate suppliers’ capabilities, negotiate and administer contracts as necessary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Materials Administration: Generates, adjusts and expedites purchase orders based on requirements which may come from MRP, project teams or other internal customers; Generates buy action based on authorized spending amount; Coordinates with internal customers to maintain optimal service levels and determine the proper priorities for material support; Tracks and monitors purchase orders, keeping informed of any problems/delays and communicates any impacts/constraints to the Planner, manufacturing manager/supervisor or other discipline impacted by the change; Supports material needs for the product development process to ensure Confluent competitive strategy; Generates on-going cost savings and maintains competitive cost in all disciplines; Participates on project teams for sourcing material; Responsible to mentor Buyer I, II levels as necessary; Manages the most complex commodities, projects, and/or responsibilities; Displays leadership by initiating change ideas and driving implementation.

• Supplier Management: Monitors and communicates quality and delivery performance to the supplier; Ensures sourcing for projects early in their phases; Obtains bids to promote a competitive environment (locates, interviews, analyzes and evaluates vendor capabilities to select suppliers, partners with these suppliers to maximize company funds.); Responsible to resolve supplier related problems (works closely with suppliers to assure a positive and professional relationship, always establishing and maintaining open lines of communication.); Maintains awareness of market trends pertaining to their responsibility.

• Total Quality: Adheres to FDA, BSI requirements; Reviews raw material document change orders; Maintains accurate purchasing master data, AVL, etc.; Interfaces with Engineering, Planning, and Quality to ensure timely throughput and proper prioritization of materials received.

• Inventory Management: Manages the most complex, high impact or high financial risk commodities, projects and/or responsibilities; Formulates purchasing decisions to achieve internal customer service, targeted inventory turns and least total cost material procurement; Identifies expired, excess and obsolete materials and dispositions the material appropriately.

• Supplier Relationship Management: Co-manage the supplier relations along with Procurement Manager to ensure business continuity and strategic development of the vendors portfolio.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Have supervisory responsibilities: No

Leadership: N/A

Supervises: N/A

Supervision: Works without appreciable direction. Works independently on highly specialized projects with long range objectives.  Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives of assignment. Selects methods and techniques to lead a project to completion. Develops departmental policies and procedures, new techniques and standards. Work is reviewed from a relatively long- term perspective, for desired results.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor degree in industrial engineering, business administration or related educational background with 6-8 years of experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master degree optional.

• Candidate must have advanced english level.

• Medical industry experience required.

• Proficient personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet and graphics.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:   Ability to work in a self-managed work team environment. Ability to work different work schedules.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

A seasoned, experienced professional with wide-ranging experience and expertise in a specialized field. Applies comprehensive knowledge of a particular field to resolve complex issues in creative ways. Full knowledge of other related disciplines. Uses in-depth knowledge of business unit functions and cross group dependencies/relationships. Is recognized as an expert in the work group.

Develops solutions to diverse business problems of high complexity which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity. Analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Has specialized knowledge of various alternatives and their impact on the business. Challenges are frequently unique and solutions may serve as precedent for future decisions.

Serves as a consultant to management and special external spokesperson for the organization on major matters pertaining to its policies, projects, or objectives. Uses diplomacy and tact to diffuse high tension situations, particularly with senior level internal and external contacts. Occasionally escalates the most serious issues to manager.

COMMENTS: This job description is an outline of the major recurring responsibilities of the job.  It is not intended to be all‑inclusive of the work to be performed.  Other related job objectives, special assignments and less significant responsibilities will typically be performed by the incumbent(s).