Operational Buyer

Malvern Panalytical; Almelo; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Malvern Panalytical is seeking an Operational Buyer to manage supplier relationships and ensure timely delivery of materials and services for our Almelo and Eindhoven centers. You will handle operational procurement, order planning, forecasts, and commitments to support cost and risk management while maintaining quality and logistics.

The role emphasizes a hands-on mentality, strong communication, and collaboration with internal customers and suppliers to optimize purchasing parameters and

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level working and thinking ability.
• Hands-on mentality.
• Good communication and teamwork.
• Preferably experience in an Operational Buyer or Planning role.
• Basic English skills (speaking and writing).

Responsibilities

• Operational Purchasing: create, send, and follow-up purchase orders; ensure material availability; create forecasts; judge commitments; foresee material issues; solve or elevate.
• Administration: maintain purchase orders in ERP system.
• Collaboration: work with suppliers, colleagues, internal customers, and provide feedback on production plan stability.
• Optimization: advise on purchase parameter settings and supplier agreements.

Skills

Hands-on mentality

Communication skills

Team player

Experience as an Operational Buyer

Planning experience

English skills

Education

Bachelor degree

Job description

Do you want to step into a high-tech world with a strong focus on innovation? Are you looking for a position as an Operational Buyer who can manage the relationship with suppliers and in doing so realize the quality and quantity of goods and services, so our customers receive their ordered systems on time? Do you want to do this in an international, but very personal environment? Then this might be your chance to become our new Operational Buyer.

In this role you fulfill the operational procurement and order planning activities for our supply chain. In doing so supporting the Malvern Panalytical Supply Centers in Almelo and Eindhoven achieving their objectives on cost- and risk management, and quality and logistics. Furthermore, you will be managing the relationship with suppliers to ensure that the requested quality and quantity of goods and services are available on time at best value for Malvern Panalytical.

What are your challenges?

Operational Purchasing: create, send, and follow-up purchase orders, responsible for material availability, create and send out forecasts, judge commitments (e.g. high stock volume) upfront, foresee future material issues, solve or elevate.

Administration: continuously maintain purchase orders in ERP system.

Collaboration: solid collaboration with suppliers, colleagues, (internal) customers, and provide feedback on the stability of the production plan

Optimization: advise on purchase parameter setting to improve, advise on suppliers (framework) agreement.

What do you need to be successful in this role?

Hands-on mentality

Good communications skills and team player

Bachelor working and thinking level

Preferably some experience in an Operational Buyer or Planning role.

Basic English skills (speaking and writing)

We provide market-leading, material characterization technologies for the world’s most innovative companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories in the analytics of advanced materials.

We support our customers through their biggest challenges, from developing lifesaving vaccines to sustainable fuels. We wake up every day to delight our customers through innovation, high-quality solutions and workflows, and excellence in customer satisfaction.

We are a recognized leader for quality and insights in material characterization; winning customers with performance and keeping them with service. With more than 2,000 employees operating in over 20 countries across the world, and R&D sites in North America, Europe and Asia.

We are part of Spectris, a company which combines precision with purpose to equip customers to solve some of their greatest challenges to make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive. In 2025, Spectris acquired Micromeritics as part of Malvern Panalytical.