Scientific Buyer Irvine   £22-28,000 depending on experience. Benefits: Private Health, Child Care Vouchers, Pension Scheme

Scientific Buyer – Laboratory Equipment and Services

Based: Irvine

• Do you use your science degree, but in a business setting?
• Do you have 2-5 years plus experience working in either the Biotech or Pharma sector?
• Do you thrive on a challenge, dig deep to find solutions and enjoy presenting options?
• Are you outgoing and lively with a passion for people and great customer service?

                  ……….then this job could be for you

Summary:

Exciting opportunity to make a real difference in a growing company supporting the Biotech sector in their bid to find life saving cures.

You would join our team of specialist buyers initially managing the laboratory equipment and service spend. We have a full training and career development program.

Amici people are highly valued and if you are self-motivated and ambitious to develop your career this role will appeal to you. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage all sourcing requests for equipment and services which involves working with the scientist to map out their detailed requirements, scouring the market to find the very best solutions, negotiating prices with suppliers and helping the scientists make sourcing decisions.
• Sourcing requests could be anything from lab fridges through to highly specialised protein synthesizers. We source and negotiate brand new and 2nd hand equipment, lease options, spare parts and service contacts.
• Manage supply chain projects to improve our client’s experience, streamline our supply base and reduce costs.
• Support new customer implementation processes.

Experience required:

• You will be a high achieving Life Science graduate having gained a 2:1 or above with some laboratory experience.
• You will be outgoing and sociable and enjoy working with people.
• You will be highly motivated, ambitious and keen to learn new skills.
• You will have excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• You will want to work in a high energy small team.
• You will want to develop yourself into the role and grow with the company.

About Amici:

• We just celebrated our 5th Anniversary of providing a unique purchasing service to the SME Biotech sector.
• We deliver our service through our procurement platform, My Amici – rather like an Amazon of scientific spend. On My Amici scientists can buy everything from lab coats, assay kits and columns through to specialist high value equipment, recruitment agents and laptops
• We have a very happy client base which we would like to grow significantly in 2010 and beyond, and pride ourselves in world class customer service.
• At Amici we work hard for our customers, for self development and to continually improve the way we work as a team.
• Irvine is 30 minutes by train or car from Glasgow

Closing Date:     10-Sep-2010

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