Capital Purchasing Specialist
PerkinElmer
Stevenage, UK
USD 55k-65k / year
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Capital Purchasing Specialist
Stevenage United Kingdom
Responsibilities
Location Stevenage, GB Job ID REQ-057265Job Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all orders are meticulously tracked and processed in a timely manner for all assigned customer business groups.
- Maintain tracking of capital budgets and spends across multiple business groups.
- Ability to execute transactions ranging from $20K - $1M with minimal supervision
- Use agreed procurement systems to process customer orders.
- Coordinate with finance partners and capital controllers to ensure accurate bookkeeping.
- Resolve any unconfirmed/delayed Capital purchase orders.
- Maintain customer-facing dashboards to report key budget metrics to business groups.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory guidelines.
- Closely monitor all invoices and process within the agreed time frame. This will include invoice discrepancies/credit note processing/process documents/goods receipting and approve/reject/code invoices.
- Liaise with GSK stakeholders to demonstrate the capabilities and value proposition of Capital Purchasing team
- Verify delivery of equipment and services purchased align with expected delivery timelines.
- Responsibility to challenge cost saving/cost avoidance.
- Understand and keep up-to-date knowledge of payment terms, basic procurement contracting terms, shipping agreements, etc.
- Continuous improvement of the Capital Purchasing team ways of working
- Ensure users/customers are kept informed of progression & status of their orders.
- Keep all orders directed to preferred suppliers per GSK R&D procurement strategy. Follow procurement strategy and challenge users going outside this policy.
- Coordinate with regional procurement managers to ensure contracted guidelines are adhered to.
- Point of contact for all capital purchasing inquiries.
- Assist in the completion of work instructions and SOP’s to deliver a standardized level of support
- Comply with all site Health & Safety regulations.
- Support training of new team members
- Provide relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to the PerkinElmer management team on the procurement service provided to the customer groups.
- Identify opportunities to give time back to science and capture evidence to align with account initiatives
- Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment
Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time.
Critical skills:
- High attention to detail
- Highly organized
- Self-motivated and work under pressure to balance conflicting deadlines
- Flexibility to work with potentially changing priorities
- Intermediate experience with MS Excel (pivot tables, X- and V-Lookups, etc.)
- Basic experience with other MS Office programs: Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Effective communicator and problem solver
- Strong team player
- Ability to listen and understand the customer requirements
- Time management and planning
- Ability to change in a fast-moving environment
- Professional attitude
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
- 2+ years of purchasing or similar administrative experience OR
- High School Diploma and 6+ years of purchasing or similar administrative experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
- Prior purchasing experience in a customer-facing scientific environment.
- Prior experience working with vendor representatives
- Knowledge of ERP purchasing systems (SAP, Fiori, etc.)
- Strong IT and Analytical Skills
Working Environment:
- Job pace may be fast and job completion demands may be high
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 25% of the time
- Specific vision abilities required by this position include without limitation, the ability to observe details at close range distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus in order to perform the essential service functions of this position.
- Operates a computer and occasionally other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
The annual compensation range for this full-time position is $(55,000) to $(65,000). The final base pay offered to the successful candidate will be determined by factors including internal equity, work location, as well as individual qualifications, such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
PerkinElmer is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, or veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. PerkinElmer is committed to a culturally diverse workforce.
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