Senior Buyer & Procurement Planner — Fast-Growth Pharmacy

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

PTO + holidays (18 days + 6 holidays)

Free prescribed medications

Annual performance bonus

Job summary

Optimal Balance Pharmacy is seeking a Senior Buyer to own purchasing, material availability, and supplier coordination across its nationwide compounding operations. You will forecast demand, manage supplier performance, and ensure timely material delivery to support production and fulfillment.

This role requires 3+ years in procurement within regulated environments, strong ERP/MRP skills, and a data-driven mindset. Excellent collaboration with Quality, Finance, and Operations is essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in procurement, purchasing, inventory planning, or a Buyer/Planner role.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, compounding pharmacy, healthcare, manufacturing, biotech, or other regulated environments preferred.
• Strong understanding of purchasing and inventory-management principles.
• Experience with ERP, MRP, inventory-management, or purchasing systems.
• Strong analytical and Excel/data-analysis capabilities.
• Experience managing vendors and negotiating commercial terms.
• Ability to analyze consumption, lead times, inventory levels, and purchasing requirements.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to operate in a fast-growing environment with changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Purchase APIs, excipients, components, packaging materials, laboratory and operating supplies.
• Manage purchase orders from creation through receipt.
• Develop supplier relationships and qualified alternatives.
• Negotiate pricing, lead times, MOQs, payment terms, and other terms.
• Track outstanding orders and resolve delays, shortages, or discrepancies.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs without compromising quality.
• Maintain supplier, pricing, lead-time information in systems.
• Maintain inventory levels based on demand and production needs.
• Coordinate sourcing with production planning to ensure material availability.
• Support new product launches with sourcing and inventory planning.
• Develop contingency plans for long lead-time materials.

Skills

Procurement experience

Supplier coordination

ERP/MRP systems

Excel data analysis

Vendor management

Negotiation

Inventory planning

Cross-functional communication

Project management

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Optimal Balance Pharmacy is seeking a Senior Buyer to own purchasing, material availability, and supplier coordination across its nationwide compounding operations. You will forecast demand, manage supplier performance, and ensure timely material delivery to support production and fulfillment.

This role requires 3+ years in procurement within regulated environments, strong ERP/MRP skills, and a data-driven mindset. Excellent collaboration with Quality, Finance, and Operations is essential.