Senior Buyer

Working Pattern: Monday to Thursday 7:45am – 5:00pm

Friday 7:45am - 11:45am

Help us make breakthrough innovations in healthcare

If you’re ready to have an impact in a career that makes a difference, Mölnlycke could be your next step. You’ll be helping to equip medical professionals around the world with solutions to improve outcomes for patients. And you’ll be developing yourself in a global environment with an inspirational culture, and lots of opportunities. All the while building a successful career, with real purpose.

Are you ready to challenge yourself in a new environment and have a real impact?

As the Senior Buyer within the Oldham site, you will have the opportunity to develop your strategic procurement skills within a multinational environment and deliver key financial improvements which will have definitive impact on the business success.

You will take responsibility for the following areas:

• Leading indirect purchasing activities, including price negotiations, supplier evaluations, and performance assessments
• Building new and maintaining existing key supplier relationships
• Identifying cost of goods improvement opportunities on indirects and raw materials
• Assisting the Procurement Manager with material purchase activities in line with local and global strategies
• Providing analytical data to allow for strategic decision making across the business
• Tracking global shipments and manage customs clearance and exceptions where necessary
• Assist in development of automated purchasing activities including digitisation of current processes and procedures
• Managing supplier performance management to track delivery, quality and flag issues where necessary

This exciting opportunity is available due to internal progression and this is what the current Senior Buyer has to say about the position:

“The role presents a brilliant opportunity to work in a complex, and engaging manufacturing facility, which has an abundance of prestige and heritage. No two days are the same, with Procurement being a Key Stakeholder in all Investment Projects, you will get to experience the full end to end Procurement Cycle, with particular importance on Supplier, and Stakeholder management and engagement. It is the perfect role to further your career, working in a Market Leading, Global team, with fantastic progression, and development opportunities. I would encourage anyone, who is looking for that next step, to apply for this role”

What you’ll get

• Salary circa £40,000 depending on experience
• Annual bonus up to 12%
• Bupa healthcare
• Private pension up to 10% company contribution
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Life assurance and Income protection
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Wellbeing resource hub

What you’ll need:

• Prior purchasing experience – Essential
• Proven organisational and analytical skills – Essential
• Demonstrable commercial relationship building – Essential
• Degree qualified or relevant associated qualification (CIPS) - Essential
• Previous experience of a similar highly regulated environment - Beneficial
• Knowledge of the medical device industry - Beneficial

Our approach to diversity and inclusion

At Mölnlycke diversity is not just a vision, but our strength. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that values and celebrates the power of diversity. At the heart of our commitment is the belief that diversity fuels innovation, creativity, and problem-solving. We invite you to be a part of a team where authenticity is embraced, and every employee, regardless of background or any other traits, experiences a true sense of belonging

Your attitude, drive, enthusiasm, and eagerness to learn are just as important to us as the requirements for the role

Please contact Matthew Davitt if you have any questions about the role or wish to discuss opportunities at Mölnlycke further

About Mölnlycke

Mölnlycke is a world-leading medical products and solutions company that equips healthcare professionals to achieve the best patient, clinical and economic outcomes.

Our business is organised in the four business areas Wound Care, Operating Room Solutions, Gloves and Antiseptics, where customer centricity, sustainability and digitalisation are at the heart of everything we do.

Mölnlycke employs around 8,400 people. The company headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden and we operate in more than 100 countries worldwide. Since 2007, the company has been part of Investor AB, an engaged owner of high-quality, global companies which was founded by the Wallenberg family in 1916. For more information, please visit www.molnlycke.com and www.molnlycke.com/careers