**By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.** Pay Range: $49,700.00 - $81,650.00 **Position Summary:** The Buyer is responsible for direct and indirect material purchasing, forecasting, and inventory management to support day-to-day operations. Essential to this role is an ability to leverage Supply Chain and ERP expertise in a regulated environment to ensure compliance by leveraging supplier relationships, material management, and replenishment planning. **ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS** + Manages the purchase and production plan to ensure inventory supply through the analysis of consumption, reorder points and order quantities. + Maintain a forecast and safety stock levels. Incorporate historical sales and forward looking forecasts from commercial teams. + Submits purchase orders for direct and indirect materials. + Compile and analyze data to perform price analysis, make source selections, and procurement justifications. + Maintain a forecast and safety stock levels using historical sales data. + Manage open orders, including past due production and purchase orders. + Interact with OEM vendors to manage production and fulfillment schedules. + Communicate expectations with relevant vendors, quality and customer care teams. + Monitor and achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPI), including daily review of customer backorders. + Identify expired Items, salvage useable components, and re-work when possible. + Maintain ERP data fields used to support purchasing and production planning. + Assist in launch of new kits. + Ability to troubleshoot and solve issues of high complexity independently + Assist in launch of new kits. + Train and mentor other planners and act as a SME for the planning team. + May lead projects and new initiatives for the department + Follow company policies, practices and safety guidelines as outlined + Demonstrates EPIC values and is recognized by others for this + Demonstrated ability to complete all duties of the Planner role + Perform additional duties as assigned **Education and Experience:** + Bachelors Degree or equivalent (AA degree plus APICS certification with a minimum of 4 years of related experience + ERP knowledge, Microsoft Dynamics preferred + Working knowledge of Microsoft office with advanced excel skills + Familiarity with ISO and cGMP requirements + Lean manufacturing experience + Strong analytical and problem solving skills + Familiarity with ISO and cGMP requirements + Lean manufacturing experience + Strong analytical and problem solving skills **Why Join Bio-Techne:** **We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.** **We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.** **We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.** **We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.** **We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.** **We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.** **Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.** **All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.** **To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.** Bio-Techne empowers researchers in Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics by providing high-quality reagents, instruments, custom manufacturing, and testing services. Our family of brands creates a unique portfolio of products and services. Science is our passion; it drives us to collaborate, develop, and manufacture award-winning tools that help researchers achieve reproducible and consistent results.