
Buyer II
Bridgewater, NJFull-time$68–90K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Buyer II supports procurement operations by ensuring material availability, managing inventory and supplier relationships, and coordinating timely deliveries. The role works with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Finance on operational excellence and continuous improvement. It also handles supply interruptions, material ramp-ups and ramp-downs, engineering-change implementation, and materials allocation during critical shortages.
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Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
DESCRIPTION:
Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Buyer II and make a meaningful impact on global science and healthcare. You'll contribute to ensuring the seamless supply of materials that enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Working in a procurement environment, you'll manage supplier relationships, drive cost optimization, and ensure timely delivery of critical materials while maintaining optimal inventory levels. You'll work with cross-functional teams including Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Finance to support operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives.
REQUIREMENTS:
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Advanced Degree with no prior experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 2 years of procurement/buying experience in a manufacturing environment
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Preferred Fields of Study: Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations, Engineering or related field
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APICS, CPIM, CSCP or CIPS certification preferred
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Strong proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards) and Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.
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Responsible for short-term (day-to-day, weekly, or monthly deliverables).
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Assure material availability at site.
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Manage inventory levels by defining clear max inventory levels and manage to those (Service level).
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First level of escalation and management of supply component interruptions.
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Responsible to plan material ramp/up and ramp-down (Obsoletes, Use to depletion)
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Manage the implementation date of engineering changes based on stocking.
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Maintain master data – MOQ’s (joint), safety stock, min/max
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Raw Material Inventory Health (E&O, MOQs, SS)
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Forecast RAW material
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Ontime delivery management and lead time management.
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Ensure materials schedule are communicated accurately and timely to the suppliers.and the production planning team/manufacturing.
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Lead and prioritize materials allocation in times of critical shortages
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Experience with MRP, inventory management and supplier relationship management
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Strong analytical and negotiation skills with ability to achieve cost savings
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Strong verbal and written communication abilities to interact effectively with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
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Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
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Experience managing multiple priorities in a professional environment.
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Knowledge of ISO regulations and quality systems preferred.
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Ability to analyze data and develop actionable insights.
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Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
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Experience with continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)
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Ability to travel occasionally to supplier sites as needed.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in New Jersey is $67,500.00–$90,000.00.
This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
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A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
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Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
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At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
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Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
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Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,370 open Procurement jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$68–90K/yr
- New Jersey median$120–170K/yr75 salary ranges
- US median$96–146K/yr3,001 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $79K, is 45% below the New Jersey median midpoint ($142K) — in the lowest quarter of Procurement salary ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 103 open Procurement jobs in New Jersey and 5,370 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
- Accenture4 open
- J&J Family of Companies4 open
- Oracle4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Procurement postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 4,164 postings).
- Education
- 2,315 of the 5,370 open Procurement jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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