Senior Buyer

HonorVet Technologies (SDVOSB) provides specialized and scalable staffing solutions to pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, biotech organizations, CROs, research laboratories, and life sciences organizations across the United States. With strong delivery capabilities and rapid turnaround times, we support contract, direct hire, project-based, and consulting staffing needs across clinical research, pharmacovigilance, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, quality control, medical affairs, manufacturing, validation, and scientific operations. Our dedicated recruitment team focuses on delivering qualified life sciences and pharmaceutical professionals efficiently while ensuring quality, compliance, and client satisfaction.

Job Title: Senior Buyer
Job Location: Wilmington, MA – Fully Remote postition EST preferred
Job Duration: 12 Months
Shift: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm (Position needs to reside in Eastern Time Zone)

Job Summary:
A Senior Buyer is responsible for procuring equipment, materials, and services for assigned areas requiring specialized product knowledge or interpretation of technical requests. The individual in this role contacts vendor(s) to obtain equipment, supplies, and materials at the lowest competitive cost for product and services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Obtain critical materials and components, equipment, and services through interviewing and/or visit vendors to ensure supplier is qualified.
• Review, interpret, and verify purchase order requests.
• Verify quantity, anticipated costs and practical application of supplies/materials requested.
• Research sources, solicit bids, and compare areas of quality, cost, delivery, and warranty/guarantee policies.
• Commit company funds to vendors and expedite orders/shipment/delivery, updating enduser as necessary.
• Establish and maintain automated purchase inventory files and records.
• Authorize payment to vendor and establish adjustments as required.
• Partner with Quality Assurance (QA) department to perform supplier audits.
• Liaise with Global Procurement Category and Process team members on projects.
• Lead local/national tenders for products and services, including full market research, evaluation, award, implementation, and ongoing management of the awarded supplier.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

All employees are required to satisfactorily perform the essential duties and responsibilities of their position. The essential duties and responsibilities listed above are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may change without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job or as otherwise required to comply with applicable law.

Minimum Qualifications:
Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business administration or related discipline with 4 or more years of relevant experience and/or training.
• Experience with SAP/Jaggaer preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.

Certification/Licensure:

• Certified Purchasing Manager or Certified Professional in Supply Management preferred.

Workplace Requirements:

• Must regularly operate a computer and occasionally operate other office productivity machinery such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Must regularly communicate with employees/customers; must be able to exchange accurate information.
• Must occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• General office working conditions; the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
• This position requires occasional domestic/international travel.