Global Procurement Specialist

Procurement role reporting to local Site Procurement Manager. Responsible for support to Procurement Manager. Responsible primarily for strategic spend, inventory management, cost savings & processing MRP messages to ensure availability for the production schedule. Scope of role: Focus on critical raw materials and managing their Supply Chains whilst endorsing and promoting Strategic Procurement strategies including minimising scrap, implementing inventory control, minimising risk and driving cost / efficiency savings. Remit shall be initially UK based but may expand to service other territories.,

• Manage Strategic Commodity Spend and whole supply chain associated. Typical spend £500k+ per supplier
• Maintain for production continuous material availability whilst monitoring inventory levels to optimise company cash flow.
• Ability to investigate, root cause and implement strategies to avoid repeat occurrence of shortages which impact production schedule.
• Negotiate pricing and terms with suppliers for supply of Goods and Services.
• Monitor Supplier Performance via Quality Compliance, On-time delivery and supplier responsiveness via scorecards and Supplier face to face meetings.
• Identify and support Procurement Manager with any Risk Mitigation activities to minimise impact to business and maintain business and customer continuity.
• Continue to identify areas for opportunity for team to ensure Continuous Improvement within Procurement function and drive and participate in cross functional teams to implement, track, monitor and quantify benefit.
• Maintain any specifications pertinent to commodity area are current and reflective of current Quality System Requirements
LumiraDx place a high level of importance on its responsibilities for information security and privacy and have put in place an information security management system to ensure that the company and its staff maintain the highest standards with respect to data protection and information security. All staff are responsible for information security and therefore must understand and comply with the company information security policies, procedures and guidance.


• Working in fast paced, dynamic manufacturing environment.
• 3-5 years previous Supply Chain experience essential
• Experience of MRP
• Analytical and numeric and experience of data mining and report generation
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• New product sourcing experience
• Previous evidence of implementing Change control projects
• Good Microsoft Office Skills
Essential Qualifications:
• HND / Degree qualified or ability to provide significant career experience
• CIPS qualification advantageous but not essential