Avantik
Our mission is to exceed our customers' expectations as their most reliable, innovative, and trusted lab resource. We achieve this by partnering with customers to solve their most pressing day-to-day challenges and always holding ourselves to a higher standard of product quality, exceptional service, and unmatched support.
The Buyer position is responsible for working directly with the Supply Chain Team to support the tasks throughout the purchasing process. The Buyer position will be required to work closely with Supply Chain, Logistics, Customer Service, Quality, Sales, and Marketing to support in maintaining supply and inventory levels of consumables and equipment. This position will monitor purchases from PO placement through delivery.
THIS POSITION GOES HYBRID AFTER 90 DAYS ONSITE Essential Functions
Manage daily purchasing communications with vendors, typically email exchanges with phone calls as needed.
Required to maintain supply and inventory levels of consumable products and equipment.
Escalate price increases and vendor issues to Procurement Manager as needed.
New item setup and item updates/corrections in ERP system as needed.
Maintain system with accurate arrival dates of items.
Work with suppliers to obtain pricing discounts, pricing breakdowns, minimum order quantities, and lead times.
Process PO Requisitions and PO’s from Sales Orders.
Work with accounting on pricing discrepancies from vendors and request invoices when necessary.
Maintain close communication with customer service, sales, quality, and product management on item order status and item requests
Place PO’s as needed generated from requests or reports.
Review open PO’s, follow up and close out as needed.
Track inbound overseas shipments and manage document workflow from vendors to shipping broker all the way through to delivery.
Work closely with Quality team and request credits or replacement product from vendors.
Replenish kit assemblies weekly.
Analyze weekly replenishment suggestions from planning software and execute stocking POs.
Maintain data in planning tool for long-lead time vendors.
Run, analyze, and report out on backorders.
Update systems with new or replacement product information, vendors, and pricing.
Communicate extended lead-times for at risk items to customer service, sales, product management and supply chain team.
Handle equipment sourcing by monitoring the open market and working with the sales team on needed units.
Positive work ethic and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Office, Excel, Word, and Outlook).
Detail oriented with strong organizational and time management skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
Ability to work well as part of a team with good communication skills.
Organizational skills and high attention to detail.
Able to effectively communicate and work with many different teams and departments.
Capable of navigating an ERP system
Ability to build relationships both internally and externally and manage those relationships.
Ability to effectively manage partnerships.
Avantik is an integrated medical products and services company delivering superior quality instruments, reagents, consumables, and service to the anatomic pathology market consisting of hospital, reference, and physician office laboratories in the US. The company is headquartered in Montville Township, NJ.
Avantik’s experienced team and consultative partner approach integrates consumables, service, equipment, and education so that labs focus on what matters most - having everything under control in their laboratory to deliver fast and accurate diagnoses. Avantik offers a full line of consumables and reagents for the histology lab sourced and private label Avantik branded and by distribution of other brands. Avantik has serviced all brands of OEM histology lab equipment for over 40 years and offers best-in-class responsiveness and an industry leading 97% first time fix-rate.
Avantik offers a team orientated, customer service focused environment with competitive compensation, bonus programs, medical (company covers 80% of the cost), dental and vision insurance, 401K (with a match) and more.
Avantik is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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The Buyer position is responsible for working directly with the Supply Chain Team to support the tasks throughout the purchasing process. The Buyer position will be required to work closely with Supply Chain, Logistics, Customer Service, Quality, Sales, and Marketing to support in maintaining supply and inventory levels of consumables and equipment. This position will monitor purchases from PO placement through delivery.
THIS POSITION GOES HYBRID AFTER 90 DAYS ONSITE Essential Functions
Manage daily purchasing communications with vendors, typically email exchanges with phone calls as needed.
Required to maintain supply and inventory levels of consumable products and equipment.
Escalate price increases and vendor issues to Procurement Manager as needed.
New item setup and item updates/corrections in ERP system as needed.
Maintain system with accurate arrival dates of items.
Work with suppliers to obtain pricing discounts, pricing breakdowns, minimum order quantities, and lead times.
Process PO Requisitions and PO’s from Sales Orders.
Work with accounting on pricing discrepancies from vendors and request invoices when necessary.
Maintain close communication with customer service, sales, quality, and product management on item order status and item requests
Place PO’s as needed generated from requests or reports.
Review open PO’s, follow up and close out as needed.
Track inbound overseas shipments and manage document workflow from vendors to shipping broker all the way through to delivery.
Work closely with Quality team and request credits or replacement product from vendors.
Replenish kit assemblies weekly.
Analyze weekly replenishment suggestions from planning software and execute stocking POs.
Maintain data in planning tool for long-lead time vendors.
Run, analyze, and report out on backorders.
Update systems with new or replacement product information, vendors, and pricing.
Communicate extended lead-times for at risk items to customer service, sales, product management and supply chain team.
Handle equipment sourcing by monitoring the open market and working with the sales team on needed units.
Positive work ethic and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Office, Excel, Word, and Outlook).
Detail oriented with strong organizational and time management skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
Ability to work well as part of a team with good communication skills.
Organizational skills and high attention to detail.
Able to effectively communicate and work with many different teams and departments.
Capable of navigating an ERP system
Ability to build relationships both internally and externally and manage those relationships.
Ability to effectively manage partnerships.
Avantik is an integrated medical products and services company delivering superior quality instruments, reagents, consumables, and service to the anatomic pathology market consisting of hospital, reference, and physician office laboratories in the US. The company is headquartered in Montville Township, NJ.
Avantik’s experienced team and consultative partner approach integrates consumables, service, equipment, and education so that labs focus on what matters most - having everything under control in their laboratory to deliver fast and accurate diagnoses. Avantik offers a full line of consumables and reagents for the histology lab sourced and private label Avantik branded and by distribution of other brands. Avantik has serviced all brands of OEM histology lab equipment for over 40 years and offers best-in-class responsiveness and an industry leading 97% first time fix-rate.
Avantik offers a team orientated, customer service focused environment with competitive compensation, bonus programs, medical (company covers 80% of the cost), dental and vision insurance, 401K (with a match) and more.
Avantik is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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