Strategic Buyer: Cost Savings & Supplier Excellence

Catalent; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive PTO + holidays

Benefits from day one

Tuition reimbursement

WellHub program

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Catalent is seeking a Senior Buyer for our Manassas, VA site to lead indirect spend management, supplier quality, and cost-saving initiatives. You will partner across functions to drive improvements, support new product launches, and strengthen supplier relationships.

This is a 100% onsite role with global procurement exposure. The ideal candidate has at least five years in procurement or material planning, a business degree, and hands-on experience with GMP environments and ERP/MRP systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a similar area.
• Minimum five years of material planning or directly related Procurement/Supply Chain experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify and support site-level and global procurement initiatives for cost savings, contract opportunities, supplier quality, and risk mitigation of single-sourced material.
• Participate in and support new product and program launches to influence sourcing decisions and purchase materials as needed to meet project timelines.
• Manage site indirect spend.
• Perform routine deep spend analysis to understand spend variance and find cost reduction opportunities through collaboration with Category Management.
• Participate in or lead cross-functional initiatives to reduce cost and improve quality for internal and external customers.
• Develop key supplier relationships to serve the local site’s needs.

Skills

GMP experience

ERP/MRP systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business

Tools

JDE

Sag

Job description

Catalent is seeking a Senior Buyer for our Manassas, VA site to lead indirect spend management, supplier quality, and cost-saving initiatives. You will partner across functions to drive improvements, support new product launches, and strengthen supplier relationships.

This is a 100% onsite role with global procurement exposure. The ideal candidate has at least five years in procurement or material planning, a business degree, and hands-on experience with GMP environments and ERP/MRP systems