Nissha Medical Technologies is excited to be hiring for a Buyer, working out of our European Headquarters in Cergy, France.

The Buyer position is an essential role within our strategic plan for European Supply Chain Organization.  Excellent organizational skills, ability to balance short term priorities and analytical skills while questioning the status-quo is a necessity.  Key objectives will be achieving/exceeding targeted customer service levels, balancing inventory levels and targets, and managing supply and demand within a mixed-model of Buy-and-Resell, and Manufacturing operation using established Purchasing Policies and Procedures within an established team. 

Essential Job Functions

• Analyze Requirement and work within environment and enter purchase orders; make inquiries/ decisions regarding demand based on historical records, communicated forecasts, etc.
• Manage and follow up with open Purchase orders to ensure timely delivery and ensure on time delivery of purchases and communicate/ resolve quality issues and other supplier performance problems.
• Interact with the Production Team to ensure that production schedules can be executed in the planned time frame regarding capacity and material availability and provide Customer Service / production with valid available to promise dates
• React to the increase/decrease variation from forecast and/or customer demand to take the appropriate actions within the supply chain and maintain targeted inventory values / turns.
• Maximize inventory turns and minimize inventory carrying cost while maintaining customer expectations.  
• Maintain Master Supplier Files, including Supplier Scorecards for “A” level suppliers.
• Be First Line Contact for all communications to/from Supplier and support Management in all aspects of strategic management of Supplier.
• Proactive approach to maintaining a high level of service to internal and external customers.  
• Support ERP projects for data clean up, implementation, and sustainment.
• Special Projects centered around data integrity and continuous improvements as determined by manager.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Minimum 3 years of Procurement / Supply Chain experience
• Bachelors Degree in Business Management preferred
• Experience in dealing with ERP (Oracle or SAP preferred)
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills, team player, results oriented in a fast-paced environment
• Strong Analytical skills with the ability to solve complex topics
• Flexibility to adapt to new situations and motivation to question the status-quo and go the extra mile
• Sense of Urgency and solution-oriented character
• Self-management skills and self-started approach
• Good to Advanced PC skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Fluent in English