Operations Buyer

at  ConvaTec

Job Description Summary
Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a FTSE 100 global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence and critical care, and infusion care.
Group revenues in 2022 were over $2 billion. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in over 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our products provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. To learn more about Convatec, please visit www.convatecgroup.com

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for an experienced candidate with excellent communication, stakeholder management and collaboration skills and a high degree of business acumen as well as strong SAP experience.
You understand that key contributing factors to success are collaboration - and at the same time deliver high quality and timely solutions and deliverables. You are well structured and methodological and know when to execute and delegate, and how to make right prioritisations.
You are fluent in Danish and English, both written and verbal.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Procurement experience, with a strong understanding of supply chain and logistics
• Ability to negotiate and partner with internal and external customers to enhance operational effectiveness.
• Ability to work with people / teams in a complex, changing environment, to deliver value-added results to the business.
• Demonstrable experience of SAP or another recognised enterprise planning software.

ABOUT US

We offer you a position in a dynamic and global company where the days are never the same. Convatec will provide you with challenges and development opportunities and the chance to influence your own role from day one. You will be a part of a great community where we all help and support each other – while continuously building on our competences and network.
Interviews will be conducted continuously, so we encourage you to submit your application (in English) as soon possible. In case of questions about position, please contact Recruitment business partner, Lindsay Edwards +44 74 08 81 12 18. We look forward to hearing from you!
You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include your motivation applying for the job in your CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

As an operations buyer at our plant in Osted, you will be responsible for the tactical & operational purchasing plan for our Infusion Care division. You’ll have the overall responsibility for keeping our raw materials available at the committed service levels in the factory. Our buyers are also responsible for covering production planning and in-direct purchasing to support the site in Osted.
You’ll have your own area to look after and be responsible for managing the inventory and targets within it.

How you will add value:

• Purchase order management with our external suppliers, to keep the right materials in the right quantity at the right time in the factory in Osted.
• Purchase in-direct materials for the site.
• Manage stock transfer orders between the factories in Osted and Reynosa.
• Taking part in the production planning for the factory.
• Monitor and act upon alerts raised for materials when they are unavailable and follow up with overdue Purchase orders.
• Monitor and evaluate the planning settings of the materials.
• Manage the financial invoice discrepancies.
• Manage the Excess & Obsolete within your own area.
• Taking the lead on one’s own area – understanding the issues that are driving unavailable materials, capacity constraints and other supplier specific challenges.
• Take an active role in projects, managing changes in variants or new variants, ensuring close cooperation with the development team.
• Secure a sustainable and productive relationship with the suppliers within your area, including managing the monthly forecast.
• Secure a sustainable and productive relationship with all the other stakeholders, leading to success within your role.

You will report to the Manager of Supply Chain Planning and the work location is in Osted, Denmark, south of Roskilde. You can expect approx. 5-10 travel days annually.