Value Stream Buyer

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Radiometer, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Radiometer, life comes first. Our vision is to improve global healthcare with reliable, fast, and easy patient diagnoses. We’re a team that celebrates diverse ideas and continuous improvement. Here, you’ll find a place to grow and make a real impact, with your unique perspective driving us forward in improving patient care. At Radiometer, our vision is to improve global healthcare with reliable, fast, and easy patient diagnoses.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Value Stream Buyer is responsible for the execution of general procurement functions, analyzing and auditing the Dynamic Kanban system, and managing purchase orders for manufacturing demands to prevent shortages and maintain inventory levels. This role is responsible for ensuring the availability of production parts while minimizing inventory carrying costs and exposure and supports the procurement team’s financial objectives (PPV, DPO, OTD, Inventory Turns, etc.)

This position reports to the Value Stream Manager, is part of the Operations team located in New Brighton, MN, and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Ensure the availability of production parts while minimizing inventory carrying costs and exposure.
• Interact with colleagues in production to proactively solve stock issues and improve processes.
• Support on-time delivery and inventory reduction through the implementation of Supplier Quality Management and Dynamic Kanban systems, supporting negotiations for supplier Kanban implementation.
• Proactively provide supply status, resolve availability issues, and provide tracking information to internal customers.
• Recommend and implement Danaher Business System (DBS) tools to drive continuous process improvements in on-time delivery, cost savings, and inventory reduction.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or related field or equivalent experience
• Experience working with Excel, ERP/MRP, SAP.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills working with vendors.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience in procurement and/or production planning in a manufacturing environment
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment and communicating with production operations
• Lean, Six Sigma, Toyota Production System, and/or DBS tools

Radiometer, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is $59,000 - $70,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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