Strategic Pharma Buyer | Supplier & Inventory Lead

Recruit Express Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 58,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit Express Pte Ltd seeks a Buyer for a 1-year assignment in East Singapore, handling purchasing, supplier management, and inventory across local and overseas vendors. You will optimize stock levels and records, ensuring timely replenishment and compliance with approvals.

Responsibilities include cost-saving supplier negotiations, data analysis, and coordinating logistics while collaborating with production, finance, and QA teams to support business goals and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Min Degree in Supply Chain/Logistics or similar w min 3 yrs of relevant experience in pharma/life science/manufacturing industries.
• Vendor/supplier management and building strong supplier partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Manage quotation, prepare and process purchase orders and requisitions for materials, supplies, and equipment.
• Monitor and manage inventory levels to ensure timely replenishment and avoid stockouts.
• Maintain accurate records of purchases, pricing and supplier performance.
• Maintain purchase order health, including aging, past due, and open POs, to ensure compliance with approval policies.
• Materials include Direct and Regulated Indirect with supplier for both local and oversea vendors.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure continuous supply and negotiate favorable terms to achieve cost savings.
• Handle projects to support localization, direct sourcing, and BCP initiatives, to mitigate supply risk.
• Analyze purchasing data and generate reports to support decision-making and identify opportunities for improvement with digitalization tools.
• Implement PO Collaboration, Supplier Pull, VMI, MRP and/or historical usage to balance demand and supply against forecast, AOP and ROP targets.
• Apply good knowledge and determine the optimal inventory level to meet service, forecast, and AOP requirements while managing working capital/spend.
• Able to balance trade-offs between inventory, service level and cost.
• Drive actions to mitigate excess, slow movement and critical material shortages.
• Coordinate any urgent incoming shipments to warehouse, receiving and inspection.
• Track and expedite orders to ensure timely delivery and resolve any shipping, delivery, receiving or PO issues.
• Ensure that purchased products meet the company’s quality standards and specifications.
• Collaborate with the quality control team to address any issues related to supplier performance or product quality.
• Supports Edwards Internal controls and regulatory requirements, including SOX, and internal/external audits.
• Work closely with other departments, such as production, finance, engineering and quality, to align purchasing activities with overall business objectives.
• Participate in cross-functional teams to support new product development and other strategic initiatives.
• Support material transfers and/or regional plan/buy activities for the network when needed.

Skills

Supplier management

Data analysis

Inventory management

Logistics coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Logistics

Tools

ERP systems

MRP

Job description

Recruit Express Pte Ltd seeks a Buyer for a 1-year assignment in East Singapore, handling purchasing, supplier management, and inventory across local and overseas vendors. You will optimize stock levels and records, ensuring timely replenishment and compliance with approvals.

Responsibilities include cost-saving supplier negotiations, data analysis, and coordinating logistics while collaborating with production, finance, and QA teams to support business goals and regulatory requirements.