Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Position Summary: The role will be responsible for driving the daily order management process for a subset of our raw material products purchased by our Perth Microbiology site. The role begins with our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) purchasing requisition system, through the purchasing order generation and through to invoice clearance. The challenge will be to ensure that all raw material purchased are delivered on time, and in the right quantity whilst optimising our inventory. With the support of the wider Procurement team, the buyer will also collaborate with and build strong supplier relationships with our key suppliers. Responsibilities: - Raise purchase orders in the company ERP system and send them to our suppliers based on our material requirement planning (MRP) - Acquire suppliers order acknowledgements for 100% of purchase orders raised and update our system accordingly - Optimize the weekly procurement plan by running exception message reports and adjusting the order book with suppliers accordingly - Communicate the procurement plan and forecast to selected critical suppliers - Support supplier business reviews with Class A suppliers to improve our supplier relationship, and implement action plans when recurrent supply issue occurs - Regularly review material expiry to reduce potential scrap to a minimum by bringing solutions to the business - Raise through daily Tier meetings any issues that cannot be solved directly, and ensure to set up a clear problem statement with initial solutions identified and actioned prior to any critical issue - Keep inventory to its efficient value to meet the division target - Accurately maintain our supplier or broker documentation in our ERP for each order - Address invoice price mismatches with the supplier to ensure 100% alignment between our master data and supplier - Ensure to always meet process, regulatory, health and safety and quality compliance obligations - Proactively work to identify areas for improvement across the team and drive project execution plans Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.