Associate Buyer/Planner, Supply Chain

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Global Supply Chain team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease. You’ll partner cross-functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams, delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning, labeling, warehouse management, material handling, or any of our other supply chain opportunities, you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world.

Dedicated to innovation, our Surgical business unit is focused on identifying and solving critical, unmet needs in cardiac surgery. In understanding the challenges of open-heart surgery, we partner with surgical teams to deliver modern technologies intended to enhance patients’ quality of life and expand their potential treatment opportunities. It’s our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey.

How you'll make an impact:

• Develop the Manufacturing Production Plan from the Master Production Schedule and/or Project Team requirements with a limited scope.
• Manage issues preventing execution of the MPS and production plan. Issues include but are not limited to non conforming materials or processes, material or equipment availability, completing unplanned requirements from R&D
• Analyze resource availability, develop short and mid range capacity plans with manufacturing teams, and lead teams to ensure plans are met
• Generate work orders using the Manufacturing Enterprise system
• Manage work order progress, including working with production and other supporting departments (e.g., quality, microbiology, engineering) to ensure production plans are met
• Plan materials requirements and place purchase orders from outside suppliers to support production schedules and new product launches with a limited scope, including:
• Negotiating pricing and delivery
• Working with the supplier to ensure materials are made to the proper specs
• Leading cross functional teams to resolve obstacles to meeting the schedule, including, but not limited to, resolving issues with non conforming material, unclear specifications or vendor capacity constraints
• Analyzing current EW and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) levels to determine if VMI release is warranted, and communicate inventory and future requirements to supplier
• Expediting purchase orders as required. Includes expediting material from the receiving dock though receiving inspection, to production stores
• As a member of the Material Review Board (MRB), responsible for supplier related issues, including making recommendations on Quality reviews of rejected materials and determining final dispositions.
• Plan materials requirements and place purchase orders from outside suppliers to support production schedules and new product launches with a limited scope, including:
• Negotiating pricing and delivery
• Working with the supplier to ensure materials are made to the proper specs
• Leading cross functional teams to resolve obstacles to meeting the schedule, including, but not limited to, resolving issues with non conforming material, unclear specifications or vendor capacity constraints
• Analyzing current EW and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) levels to determine if VMI release is warranted, and communicate inventory and future requirements to supplier
• Expediting purchase orders as required. Includes expediting material from the receiving dock though receiving inspection, to production stores
• As a member of the Material Review Board (MRB), responsible for supplier related issues, including making recommendations on Quality reviews of rejected materials and determining final dispositions.

What you'll need (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree with 1 year of previous related experience

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Experience in purchasing and/or production control
• Related internship experience
• Good computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite
• Good written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills
• Good problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Full knowledge and understanding of Edwards policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to purchasing material and/or production control
• Good knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and inventory management programs (e.g, JIT/Kanban, Min/Max)
• Strict attention to detail
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Must be able to work in a team environment, including immediate supervisor, other team members in the section or group, and vendors/suppliers
• Ability to build stable working relationships internally
• APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) certification
• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.