Buyer Planner

Azenta Life Sciences; Irlam; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Azenta Life Sciences in the United Kingdom seeks a Buyer Planner to drive procurement, materials planning, and supplier management, ensuring timely availability of materials and cost-effective sourcing. Based in Irlam, Manchester, this full-time role requires strong analytical and negotiation skills and experience with MRP/Oracle Cloud.

You will create POs, manage quotes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize inventory and supplier performance.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent.
• Certification CIPS preferred.
• Experience in master scheduling and purchasing or planning.
• Excellent English communication skills.
• Strong analytical thinking and negotiation skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel; Oracle Cloud experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop supplier relationships to meet quality, delivery, and cost objectives.
• Provide demand and delivery feedback to customers.
• Participate in SCM meetings.
• Analyze pricing and negotiate agreements.
• Second source strategic commodities as needed.
• Create purchase orders and RFQs with specs and milestones.
• Analyze and optimize inventory levels to match manufacturing demand and lead times.
• Maintain MRP parameters (lot/ order size, sourcing rules, material cost, lead time).
• Coordinate with Supplier Quality on issues and resolutions.

Skills

Master scheduling

Supply chain management

Purchasing planning

Negotiation

Excel

Education

BS/BA in Business

Tools

Oracle Cloud

Microsoft Excel

Job description

As a key member of the Supply Chain team, the Buyer Planner will be responsible for driving procurement, materials planning, supplier relationship management, and sourcing strategies that support business growth and operational excellence. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the timely availability of materials, optimizing inventory levels, and developing a resilient and cost-effective supply base.

Buyer Planner

Full time

Based: Irlam, Manchester

What you'll do

• Manage and develop strategic suppliers' relationships and commodities to meet quality, delivery and cost savings objectives.
• Provide feedback to critical customers on forecasting, demand and delivery schedules
• Participate in critical account SCM meetings
• Analyse pricing trends and negotiate optimal agreements with strong commercial awareness
• Work collaboratively to second source strategic commodities as needed to mitigate risk
• Create and manage purchase orders and requests for quotes to include technical documents, pricing, delivery and key milestones to ensure on-time receipt of material
• Analyse, adjust and optimize product and component inventory levels to coincide with manufacturing demand and lead time changes
• Maintain the integrity of MRP parameters (lot/ order size, sourcing rules, material cost, and lead time).
• Coordinate with Supplier Quality on quality issues to ensure immediate intervention and resolution.

What you'll bring

• BS/BA in Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management, or similar/equivalent qualification or equivalent experience.
• Certification CIPS preferred
• Proven background in master scheduling, supply chain commodity/product line management, purchasing or planning
• Must possess excellent communication skills with ability to read, write and speak with clarity in the English language and interface effectively with customers, suppliers and peers.
• Requires excellent analytical thinking, keen negotiation, and conflict management skills
• Displays commitment to resolve problems and make decisions based upon the priority of the problem in relation to business needs
• Must be proficient in Microsoft tools with a good working knowledge of Excel
• Experience in Oracle Cloud or equivalent

Must be available and willing to travel, domestically and internationally as needed. Travel rated as occasional (10-20%)