What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Buyer position at PMC Smart Solutions LLC?
Description
- Do you have the professionalism and communication skills to be a primary contact for suppliers?
- Are you the kind of self-directed team player that just jumps in and makes a difference?
- Do organization, prioritization and good time management come naturally to you?
If these answers are a resounding YES, then this might be a perfect role for you!
Who is PMC SMART Solutions?
PMC, as a privately held, globally-recognized, award–winning contract manufacturer that provides life-saving medical devices and safety-enhancing automotive components to a broad base of international, market-leading OEMs and Tier One customers.
PMC offers services from design for manufacturability and program management through injection molding, full assembly, packaging and sterilization management, focusing on precise-tolerance, intricate devices and components. For its medical customers, PMC functions under ISO 13485 certification, FDA registration and operates state-of-the-art, certified Class 8 (100,000) clean rooms. We also maintain an IATF-16949 certification in support of our automotive business.
PMC is a certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise, offering a comprehensive range of services while supporting global OEMs’ supplier diversity goals.
What would you look forward to in this role?
- Collaborating with a team of leaders to achieve meaningful growth!
- Collaborating with leaders of many other functions to meet or exceed customer expectations!
- Develop a supplier network that supports the PMC’s strategic business plan.
- Source components/materials needed to support new program launches as well as on-going production, meeting critical quality needs at competitive costs.
- Develop effective supplier relationships while ensuring that supplier performance meets customers’ requirements.
What key responsibilities would you assume in this role?
- Collaborate with PMC’s program managers and supplier quality engineers (SQE), identify and develop a network of certified, quality-capable, cost-competitive suppliers to support new program launches.
- Partner with the SQE on the network of suppliers currently supporting on-going production, improve suppliers’ performance as it relates to their product quality, cost and on-time delivery.
- Drive components/materials cost reductions on existing (in production) programs. Contribute to continuous improvement (VA/VE) activities for purchased components/materials.
- Work with the program managers and plant controller to ensure the accuracy of purchasing system data, including BOMs.
- Work closely with the Company’s quote team to ensure timely quotes with competitive materials/component costs.
- Lead the development and issuance of RFQ’s for materials/components to supplier network.
- Partner with plant schedulers and materials planners to control the inventory levels of purchased components/materials while ensuring optimum pricing vs. quantity buys and achieving on-time delivery requirements.
Requirements
What is needed to thrive in this role?
- A disciplined, autonomous professional who crisply manages time and priorities.
- A collaborative team member who will partner with others to achieve our mission.
- A self-motivated learner who will research and institute departmental best practices.
- Strong computer skills – Microsoft Excel & Word / ERP System experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.