Sr. Buyer - Indirect Purchasing

Summary and Qualifications:

As part of the Mars Petcare family of businesses, Mars Veterinary Health is a global network of veterinary practices made possible by 75,000 Associates who care for millions of pets across nearly 3,000 clinics in more than 20 countries each year. We are committed to leveraging our reach to make a long-term positive impact on people, pets, and the planet and know our Purpose – A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS – starts with the people who care for them. We strive to offer unparalleled veterinary care for pets by first and foremost enabling and empowering our Associates to do what they love, whether in primary, specialty, and emergency care or management and leadership.

Role Purpose

Ensure the Practice has an uninterrupted supply of goods, services, and equipment at the lowest overall demonstrated cost and to develop, foster and maintain effective communication and relationships with all internal and external customers.

Participates in the development, implementation, managing and monitoring of world class supply network practices ensuring the best value to the organization.

Essential Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Negotiate price, terms, conditions, and supplier returns/allowances and serve as a point of contact on contracts. Implement new and renewed contract terms and services through the Coupa system, coordinating with related teams.
• Negotiate and set up confidentiality and purchasing agreements with suppliers, understanding ownership and rights as it pertains to intellectual property.
• Recognize intellectual property risks, manage issues that arise and elevate appropriately in a confidential manner.
• Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team.
• Conduct spend, internal and market analysis, preparing, coordinating and conducting negotiations.
• Partner with Finance to determine input for the business operating plans, regularly communicating any risks and opportunities or variances versus plan.
• Prepare purchase orders through Coupa system, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with existing policies and procedures.
• Other job duties as assigned.
• Participate in ongoing purchasing process improvement efforts; evaluate and recommend best purchasing methods (formal and informal bid processes, purchase orders, disbursements, procurement cards, etc.).
• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decreasing turnaround times and streamlining work. Determine quantity, product availability and sources of supply. Organize, update, and retain product information files and purchase order records.
• Maintain strong business relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders, seamlessly incorporating appropriate strategies and tactics to creatively solve negotiations.
• Develop appropriate supplier relationship management strategies, analyzing cost reductions and supplier performance improvement opportunities or risks.
• Interpret and evaluate contract provisions, conduct research on requirements, evaluate findings, and make recommendations.
• Compare quotes with the specifications and availability of good and services, placing practice wide orders accordingly.
• Develop sourcing strategies, build a scope, stakeholder map, sourcing approach and spend analysis. Identify current and future business needs, business capabilities and constraints. Define the market, cost structure and suppliers.

Special Working Conditions:

• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds.
• Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm-hand-finger dexterity with the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard and operate necessary equipment.
• Project timelines and work volume/deadlines may often require more than 40 hours per week to complete essential duties of this job.
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form and to solve problems involving several variables.
• Environment where pets are present.
• Must have mental processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics and language ability (reading, writing, and speaking the English language) to perform the duties proficiently.
• Ability to work at a computer for long periods of time.
• The noise level in the work environment is normally moderate.

Experience, Education and/or Training:

• Ability to understand and interpret key financial statements and components of ROTA is preferred.
• Prefer experience with indirect purchasing – contract building, negotiations, and stakeholder/vendor management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain & Logistics, Business Administration, Finance/Accounting or a related field or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills or abilities is preferred.
• Knowledge of purchasing regulations, legal compliance, policies and procedures with demonstrated advanced negotiations, contract and sourcing skills is required.
• 5+ years of experience in purchasing cycle and buying processes are required.
• Understanding of and ability to conduct SWOT, TOWS Matrix, and/or Porter’s Five Forces Model is preferred.
• Health care background (veterinary or human healthcare, pharmaceutical, etc.) is preferred.

Salary: $69,000 – $103,000

What We Offer – The Good Stuff:

• Paid Parental leave.
• Legal Plan.
• Optimum Wellness Plans® for up to three pets.
• Commuter Benefits.
• Competitive referral program – join our team, bring your friends, and get paid.
• Practice Paid Basic Life Insurance.
• Continuing Education allowance & MED hours for eligible positions.
• Fertility and family-building assistance.
• Mental health support and resources.
• A Variety of discounts including Mars, PetSmart, Royal Canin, fitness, cellular and so much more.
• Automatic enrollment 401(k) Savings Plan after 60 days of employment with generous company match.
• Paid Volunteering.
• Competitive salary with paid time off & holidays so you can spend time with the people you love.
• Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Account.
• Practice Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability.
• Student Debt Relief (for full-time DVMs).
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your loved ones.

WE ARE A DRUG-FREE, SMOKE-FREE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Mars Veterinary Health (MVH)® strongly supports and values the uniqueness of all individuals and promotes a work environment where diversity is embraced. MVH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. MVH complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every MVH location.