Purchasing Team Lead - US

When joining PerkinElmer, you select an experienced and trusted leader in scientific solutions, with the support of a global service network and distribution centers, providing the right solution, at the right time, to meet critical customer needs.  With over an 80+ year legacy of advancing science and a mission of innovating for a healthier world, our dedicated team collaborates closely with commercial, government, academic and healthcare customers to deliver our broad portfolio of analytical solutions, and OneSource services.

Job Title

Purchasing Team Lead - US

Location(s)

GSK (Collegeville) - Customer Site PA

Job Description

Title:  Purchasing Lead

Location: Customer Site

Job Description Summary

The Purchasing Team Lead partners closely with the customer R&D groups at their assigned site across both EMEA and US regions, monitoring team purchasing performance and ensuring sufficient coverage of consumables purchasing services to GSK’s scientific community.  In addition to team oversight, this role also shares the responsibilities of the purchasing specialist in that a significant portion of the Lead’s time will be spent issuing and managing purchase orders. This customer-facing role will be primarily based on site and involves the procurement of all material goods including lab/office supplies with direction and support from customer teams and identified services & software licenses. This individual will manage the end-to-end purchasing process and build connections with the on-site consumables team.

Job Responsibilities:

• Supervise team of purchasing specialists and be responsible for staff management including hiring, training, onboarding, scheduling and employee performance reviews
• Ensure that all orders assigned to self and team are accurately processed and in a timely manner for all assigned customer business groups.
• Take ownership of complex customer requests and deliver high levels of customer satisfaction
• Suggest and/or lead cross functional initiatives to support improvement across the Purchasing organization
• Be the face of the Purchasing team across the wider Procurement and Purchasing organization
• Serve as an escalation point on customer queries especially those that relate to other members of the Purchasing team
• Assist in the development of work instructions and SOP’s to deliver a standardized level of support
• Resolve any missing PO numbers and follow up on any back orders.
• Closely monitor all invoices and process within the agreed time frame. This will include invoice discrepancies/credit note processing/process documents/goods receipting and approve/reject/code invoices
• Ensure users/customers are kept informed of progression & status of their orders.
• Use agreed procurement systems to process customer orders.
• Keep all orders directed to customer-preferred suppliers. Follow customer procedures and challenge users going outside this policy.
• Be the single point of contact for all purchasing enquiries especially related to assigned purchase orders.
• Provide relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to the PerkinElmer management team on the procurement service provided to the customer groups.
• Identify opportunities to give time back to science and capture evidence to align with account initiatives
• Maintain training and compliance for self and team in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time.

Critical skills:

• Strong team player
• Self-motivated and work under pressure to balance conflicting deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Basic experience with MS Office: Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Effective communicator and problem solver
• Highly organized
• Ability to listen and understand the customer requirements
• Time management and planning
• Ability to change in a fast-moving environment
• Professional attitude

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Business Administration or similar with 3+ years of purchasing or similar administrative experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior purchasing experience in a customer-facing scientific environment.
• Prior experience working with vendor representatives
• Strong IT and Analytical Skills
• Knowledge of databases and purchase ordering systems
• Bachelor's degree

Working Environment:

• Job pace may be fast and job completion demands may be high.  
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 25% of the time  
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include without limitation, the ability to observe details at close range distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus in order to perform the essential service functions of this position.    
• Occasionally operates a computer and other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.  
• Employee may be required to handle hazardous waste according to local, state, and federal regulations.  Duties may include identifying, handling, generating, accumulating, storing and labeling hazardous waste.  
• Potential risk to lab-based hazards including but not limited to extreme temperature, biological materials, and hazardous chemicals. 
• May be required to complete Medical Clearance, Respiratory Protection Training, and Fit Testing to wear a respirator as protection against hazards present in the laboratory environment.

PerkinElmer is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, or veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. PerkinElmer is committed to a culturally diverse workforce.