Buyer / Planner

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.

Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:
Procurement

Job Sub Function:
Strategic Sourcing

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Buyer/Planner.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke.

You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke.

You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:


* Purchase Management: Plan purchases for assigned products, projects and commodities and negotiate and implement appropriate buying methods preferably Kanban


* Develop purchase requisition per procedural requirements and Product Specifications, issue purchase orders, confirm deliveries and expedite deliveries as required


* Request bids from suppliers as needed


* Inventory Management: Maintain, monitor and enhance internal Kanban system to continuously meet production requirements


* Use various tools like MRP to make sure appropriate inventory levels are maintained


* Supplier Management: Work closely with Supplier Engineers, develop alliances with Abiomed suppliers to manage supplier performance and develop plans to alleviate any supply chain risks


* Assist Supplier Engineers to identify and qualify s...