Strategic Buyer

Bring more to life. 

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?  

At Pall Corporation, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.   

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. 

As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation. 

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. 

The Strategic Buyer is responsible for establishing long-term purchase orders/contracts in SAP and approval of Purchase Orders below a given threshold. Also will be managing overall vendor communication, negotiation and mitigation of price increase requests.  

This position reports to the Supplier Relationship Manager and is part of the Strategic Soucing Team located in Redruth and will be an on-site role with some travel to visit suppliers required periodically. 

In this role, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Establishing long-term purchase orders/contracts in SAP, approval of Purchase Orders below a given threshold, Maintaining up-to-date Purchasing Information Records, Manage source lists in accordance with commodity strategy and supplier quality guidance, Timely upkeep of Vendor Master Data to enable and streamline tactical PO Placement 

• Managing overall vendor communication, Negotiation and mitigation of price increase requests, Maintaining favourable payment terms, Participating in supplier visits and meetings as required, Supplier rationalization, development and transition (outsourcing, insourcing, vendor to vendor) 

• Identification, execution, and sustainment of projects in support of the Global Commodity Strategy, Addition and timely maintenance of projects in the iSource Project Management Tool, Tactical and Strategic Pursuit of Pall Industrial Sourcing KPI Targets in: Purchase Price Change (PPC), Purchase Price Variance (PPV), Supplier Days Payable Outstanding (DPO), Value Analysis Value Engineering (VAVE), Supplier On-Time Delivery (OTD), e-Auctions, Request for Quotations (RFQs) and Purchase Volume (PVO), Support the ongoing Sourcing Visual Management Process to meet project timelines and maintain cross-functional accountability 

• Support, monitor, and mentor the site materials team members, Work in accordance with escalation procedures to mitigate disruptive material shortage, Ensure Purchasing policies and strategies are understood and implemented, Partner with relevant site-level stakeholders (Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, etc) to facilitate project completion, Interface with Materials Team to ensure manufacturing site inputs / requirements are aligned with commodity strategy 

The essential requirements of the job include:  

•  Educated to A level standard, professional qualification - CIPS or with experience in a similar role

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  Ideally experience of working with MRP systems such as SAP, Excel, Powerpoint, Supplier Databases 

• Aerospace and/or manufacturing site experience would be advantageous  

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:  

• Ability to travel both national and internationally anything up to once per month as required 

• Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record 

Pall Corporation, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.