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☞ IPS-Integrated Project Services

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Update day: 11-06-2024

Location: Birmingham West Midlands

Category: Architecture / Interior Design Civil / Construction Transport / Logistics / Warehouse

Industry: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

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Position Responsibilities:
IPS is hiring! We are looking for a talented and experienced Buyer to join our EMEA team (initially for a period of up to six months) at our UK office in Birmingham.

The Buyer is responsible for the timely placement of purchase orders and coordinating activities involved with procuring goods and services such as process and utility equipment, trade subcontracts and professional services. Responsible for project specific subcontracts and purchase orders (POs) and invoice tracking, shipping and receipt documentation.

Job Duties and Responsibilities
  • Receive and process requisitions from various project teams.
  • Prepare and place purchase orders with vendors in accordance with lead times and operational requirements.
  • Obtain order confirmations to ensure services or materials are being scheduled per order requests.
  • Expedite orders to track timely receipt of goods or services.
  • Maintain Approved Supplier Program records as well as request subsequent QA related documents.
  • Resolve invoice discrepancies and provide appropriate accounting instructions for cost variance allocations.
  • Prepare return orders for non-compliant products and ensure credits or invoice adjustments are submitted to Accounts Payable.
  • Maintain accurate purchase transaction history through organized purchasing and vendor records on an ongoing basis.
  • Monitor price increases and communicate changes with procurement staff.
  • Research new qualified subcontractors and vendors as needed.
  • Obtain quotes and proposals as required.
  • Evaluate existing vendors as needed.
  • Evaluate proposals for completeness and quality.
  • Prepare recommendations for award.
  • Support Procurement staff with operational/administrative tasks as needed.
  • Track diversity spend and cost savings.
  • Special projects as assigned.
Qualifications & Requirements:
  • Extensive prior experience in a procurement role.
  • Knowledge and experience of trade contracts and equipment procurement.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook applications.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering or related supply chain experience preferred.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to professionally represent IPS to various suppliers, external resources and clients.
  • Effectively interact with various personalities in multiple departments and supplier organizations.
  • Daily use of excellent verbal and written communication is necessary.
  • Enjoy challenges in a fast paced environment and make logical decisions with the ability to identify when it is necessary to escalate issues and opportunities to management.
  • Pro-active detail oriented work in a multi-tasking environment is required.
  • Supply Chain related experience ideal.
  • May be required to travel for short durations periodically.
Company Overview:
About Us

IPS-Integrated Project Services is a global leader in developing innovative and cost effective solutions for the engineering, construction, commissioning and qualification of complex pharmaceutical and biotech research and manufacturing facilities. With technical expertise spanning R&D to pilot-scale to large-scale production, our team specializes in the technology, trends and regulatory environment to successfully deliver capital projects and improve operations. For over thirty years, we have applied unique LEAN methodologies throughout the project life cycle, continually finding ways to do things better and more efficiently, delivering higher quality and controlling costs. Headquartered in Blue Bell, PA, IPS is a multi-national company with over 1,500 professionals worldwide and offices in California, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Brazil, Canada, China, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, UK, Germany and four locations in India. Visit our website at www.ipsdb.com.

Specialties

Process Architecture, Process Design, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Qualification, LEAN Project Delivery, Strategic Master Planning, Energy Conservation Management, Project Controls, Program/Project Management, Operations/Logistics Strategy and Planning, EPCMV and Staffing Services.

IPS is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer of protected veterans (M/F/D/V).

Attention Search Firms / Third Party Recruiters: IPS is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for employment opportunities with IPS. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at IPS via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at IPS in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for a specific position will be deemed the sole property of IPS, and no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by IPS as a result of the referral or through other means.
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Deadline: 26-07-2024

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