Senior Buyer Planner at Embecta in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, IE

embecta is a global diabetes care company that is leveraging its 100-year legacy in insulin delivery to empower people with diabetes to live their best life through innovative solutions, partnerships and the passion of more than 2,000 employees around the globe. For more information, visit embecta.com or follow our social channels on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X. Why join us? A career at embecta means being part of a team that values your opinions and contributions and that empowers you to bring your authentic self to work.  Here our employees can fulfill their life’s purpose through the work that they do every day.

You will learn and work alongside inspirational leaders and colleagues who are equally passionate and committed to fostering an inclusive, growth-centered, and rewarding culture.  Our Total Rewards program – which includes competitive pay, benefits, continuous learning, recognition, career growth and life balance components – is designed to support the varying needs of our diverse and global employees.

We are seeking a Buyer/Planner to join our Supply Chain team at our Dun Laoghaire manufacturing site. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the seamless alignment between market demand and production delivery.

Working closely with European and global Supply Chain stakeholders, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining production schedules that meet both customer requirements and operational targets. You will also lead the timely procurement of raw materials and supplies to support these schedules.

Collaboration is central to success in this role. You will partner across the Supply Chain function to ensure forward demand plans are clearly understood, communicated, and executed

Responsibilities:

• Develop Product line schedules and ensure execution and delivery performance against the master schedule in collaboration with production coordinators.
• Complete all work orders for assembly, packaging and sterilization.
• Liaise between the Dun Laoghaire Operations department and the worldwide planning functions, to manage market requirement changes, and production issues.
• Monitor actual production and vendor performance against production schedules and develop alternate plans to ensure volume and mix metrics are achieved.
• Collaborate with other functions to ensure compliance and supply targets are met.
• Maintain inventory requirements for raw materials to agreed targets and monitor any exposures for obsolescence.
• Ensure departmental and vendor lead times are accurate and in line with the Master schedule.
• Liaise with the MDO (Master Data Owner) to ensure accuracy of BOMs and timing of new data entry.
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• Procure raw materials and supplies to meet established and agreed schedules.
• Build and develop relationships with key vendors.

​ Educational Requirements and Relevant Experience:

• Third level qualification in Supply Chain Management
• 4 + years’ experience in Materials Control/Purchasing fields.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent working knowledge of stock movement and control systems
• Experience working in a high-volume manufacturing environment, preferably in the medical devices industry
• Computer literacy and numerical ability
• Experience using an MRP system e.g. SAP
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Customer service orientation
• Ability to work both as part of a team and off own initiative.

embecta is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, or any other protected status.