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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.