Direct Buyer - 12 month temporary contract

Job Requirements

Now is our time to inspire the future of healthcare together.

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

Join our team now at Siemens Healthineers as a Temporary Buyer for 12 months. The role is based at our manufacturing site in Swords, Co Dublin, Ireland.

You will work as part of the site Procurement team, working with various functions such as Engineering, Quality and Logistics, to advance the purchasing programs with an international supply base. Supporting the achievement of business requirements in terms of operational excellence, productivity, and supply chain deliverables. Siemens are looking for someone who can actively contribute to the management and development of the sites' operational supply chain in a progressive manner.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

- Responsible for materials to support production and service in line with customer orders/requirements.
- Continually work with the supply base to assess risk and ensure supply continuity of supply across a broad range of Suppliers/materials.
- Manage reverse logistics activities including returns of DOA’s, defective materials and laboratory instruments, ensuring accurate SAP processing and inventory control. Coordinate with internal teams and logistics partners to resolve return issues and improve processes.
- Capable of resolving supply disruption and surges in demand that is cost effective for the business.
- Maximise the use of ‘Lean supply’ methods to meet delivery and inventory objectives.
- Manage Supplier performance in areas of on-time delivery, cost, quality, and service to achieve agreed targets with suppliers.
- Lead all significant issue resolution programs with suppliers in conjunction with cross functional teams, (Engineering, Quality)

Work Experience

Your qualifications and experience:

- Bachelor’s degree in business, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or related discipline (QQI level 8).
- Minimum of 5 years’ professional experience within Procurement, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience of dealing with a broad range of Global supplier organizations.

Your attributes and skills:

- You are a team player, capable of building strong and influential relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- You participate and show up to cross function production meetings
- You have good working knowledge of procurement methods, tools, processes, and reports.
- You are a problem solver with a continuous and curious improvement mindset.
- You are self-directing, goal-oriented, and able to prioritise your workload.

Who we are

We are a team of more than 74,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work

How we work When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Check our Careers Site at siemens-healthineers.com

This role will report to Procurement Specialist Manager.

Benefits

Compensation and Benefits Package applicable to permanent employees

which equates to 33% of salary.

- 25 days annual leave per year

- Flexitime operating hours (Flexible start and finish times.)

- Eligible to participate in Lab Diagnostics Bonus Programme -5% bonus opportunity

- After probation -Eligible to receive reimbursement of medical expenses 90%.

- After probation -Private health insurance for individual and dependants (currently Laya.)

- Christmas Voucher (€550 euro) paid in December.

- Attendance Bonus of €348 for full year attendance.

- Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

- Cafeteria facilities are available at subsidised prices.

- Service Awards for 5,10,15,20,25 etc years of service

- Eligible to participate in Sports and Social membership which has fully equipped Gym on site, games room tennis courts, football pitch and lots of clubs.

- Free Car Parking