At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.
**Position Summary**:
The buyer is responsible for assigned commodities to manage the supplier base and products purchased from outside sources to conform to STERIS’s engineering documents, policies, procedure, work instructions, and ISO/GMP requirements. The buyer’s responsibilities do not vary in the scope or function but in the authorization levels and strategic commodity duties assigned.
**Duties**:
- Secures quotes from qualified suppliers of assigned materials to obtain most favorable prices and services consistent with quality requirements.
- Purchases product to support Manufactured Products and non inventory requirements.
- Expedites purchase orders in order to maintain material flow and provide customer requests.
- Maintains appropriate purchasing files as required.
- Plans and negotiates long-term contracts with favorable impact on inventory goals, quality, continuity of supply and corporate cost objectives.
- Negotiates and facilitate the return of rejected and obsolete material.
- Reconciles Accounts Payable discrepancies.
- Analyzes suppliers for financial health and stability of the Company. Assists quality department in assessing the supplier’s ability to meet STERIS quality requirements.
- Manages commodity to meet strategic position of the company.



Selects and maintain suppliers to support manufacturing and corporate procurement requirements.
- Selects and maintains suppliers to support manufacturing and corporate procurement requirements.
- Works with Quality Control for inventory items and the requisitioners for non-inventory items to assure that the supplier fully understands the quality requirements of the purchase.
- Participates in any quality audits of assigned supplier and maintains records, which will allow STERIS to evaluate supplier performance.
**Duties - cont'd**:
**Education Degree**:
**Required Experience**:
- Minimum of one (1) to (3) years experience in purchasing, quality control, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, or industrial engineering. Experience preferred but not required if Degree is in Supply Chain Management.
- Possess strong negotiating skills.
- Capable of reading and interpreting blueprints
**Preferred Experience**:
- CPM or CPIM preferred.
**Skills**:
STERIS is a leading integral provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.
STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

📌 Buyer (Isla Guadalupe)
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📍 Isla Guadalupe