Senior Buyer, Supply Chain

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Global Operations & Quality team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease. You’ll partner cross-functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams, delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning, labeling, warehouse management, material handling, or any of our other supply chain opportunities, you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world. 

Patients with mitral and tricuspid heart valve disease often have complex conditions with limited treatment options. Our Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies (TMTT) business unit is boldly pursuing an innovative portfolio of technologies to address a patient’s unmet clinical needs. It’s our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey.

This Senior Buyer will be responsible for purchasing for our TMTT business unit, with a focus on managing high-value components across our Draper and Ireland operations. The role requires strong attention to detail, effective forecasting, and close partnership with suppliers and cross-functional teams.

How you'll make an impact:

• Plan materials requirements and place purchase orders from outside suppliers to support production schedules and new product launches, with increased complexity and volume
• Negotiate pricing and delivery
• Work with the suppliers to ensure materials are made to the proper specs
• Lead cross functional teams to resolve obstacles to meeting the schedule, including, but not limited to, resolving issues with non conforming material, unclear specifications or vendor capacity constraints
• Analyze current EW and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) levels to determine if VMI release is warranted, and communicate inventory and future requirements to supplier
• Expedite purchase orders as required inlcuding expediting material from the receiving dock though receiving inspection, to production stores
• As a member of the Material Review Board (MRB), responsible for supplier related issues, including making recommendations on Quality reviews of rejected materials and determining final dispositions
• Manage acquisition of equipment through Capital Procurement Assets (CPA) process
• Establish and maintain gross inventory targets with increased complexity and may review work of associates/team members
• Develop action plans to minimize inventory exposure and for scrapping or mitigating excess and obsolete parts based on business information
• Ensure compliance with standard cost for assigned commodities
• Identify, plan and execute cost reduction initiatives
• Other duties assigned by Leadership

What you'll need (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of previous related experience or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria
• Experience in purchasing and/or production control or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Experience working in a medical device and/or regulated industry
• CPIM (Certified in Planning and Inventory Management) certification and/or APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) certification
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience using an ERP system (e.g JDE)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Full knowledge and understanding of Edwards policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to purchasing material and/or production control
• Full knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and inventory management programs (e.g, JIT/Kanban, Min/Max)
• Full knowledge of market and economic indicators, practices and procurement procedures
• Strict attention to detail
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Must be able to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams, key contact representing the organization on contracts or projects, and vendors/suppliers
• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control
  
  

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.