The Animal Buyer role is an operations and supplier facing position that facilities the selection process of animals through study direction protocol, determines the availability of the animals through the appropriate suppliers, identifies timing shipments, purchases the animals, and insures the receipt of the animals to the site. The Animal Buyer is responsible for facilitating changes in study direction protocol based on availability or lack of availability of original research model requests. The position serves as animal broker between study direction and suppliers to obtain the most appropriate alternative model/specification based on availability and at the same time mitigate cost impact to the study. They manage daily vendor management performance to support best in class on time and in full (OTIF) metrics.,
* Daily interaction with Study Direction, Costing, Operations, Planning on research model order and change order requirements.
* Daily interaction with suppliers on supply chain and research model requirements
* Regular vendor management of KPIs
* Negotiate cost Savings, obtaining retrospective credits, and support cost mitigation with suppliers to Corporate Savings Goals
* Insure we are in contract compliance with supplier agreements.
* Develop and communicate costing metrics for Costing Department
* Manages tactical supplier agreements and contract management activities.
* Order Management through consolidation of orders, purchasing models through the most cost effective approved suppliers, and managing the timely shipments to support project timelines.
* Provide Study Direction and Planning with insight on the research model market and animal availability through our suppliers based on bred & delivery dates of animals.
* Works with and supports the Sourcing Team in supplier negotiations and vendor management opportunities.
Do you have a natural ability to communicate with key stakeholders within a large global organization?
Do you have the skills and the passion to negotiate with multiple stakeholders? Do you want to work for an industry leading life-science company, with a mission to improve human lives?,
* 3+ years of experience in the job discipline;
* 5+ years of experience in other professional roles;
* Associate Degree in related field. Experience may be substituted for education requirement.
* Must be able to accurately read and record information.
* Excellent communication skills, both oral and written are essential.
* Demonstrated ability to be persistent while maintaining tact.
* Working knowledge of personal computers and software programs necessary.
* Strong organizational skills
* Excellent customer service skills
* Willingness to learn and grow professionally
* Manage internal and external customers' expectations.
Supporting UK market and working UK businesses hours
Labcorp`s work in developing new pharmaceutical solutions has an incredible impact on millions of lives worldwide. Be a part of this life-saving work and help improve patients' lives while growing your career.,
* Labcorp supported the pharmaceutical industry develop more medicines worldwide than any other company, including the top 50 best-selling drugs on the market today.
* We are also the world´s biggest Central Lab, generating more clinical trial data than all other central laboratories combined.
* Our Early Phase Solutions have proved to shave off 30 % time from lead candidate to Proof of Concept.
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* Join us and see why we are uniquely positioned to offer you not only a job, but a stable, long-term international career, and why more than 90% of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies are repeat customers.