Buyer/Procurement Manager {Life Sciences}

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  • Location: Maldon, Essex
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Job sector: Engineering
  • Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Company Benefits
  • Published: 30 March 2026

Buyer/Procurement Manager {Life Sciences}

Maldon

£45,000 to £50,000 + 25 day holiday + 10 days sick + 2.5 days doctors/medical + benefits + international travel + more

Are you a Buyer/Procurement Manager from a manufacturing/life sciences background looking to join a leading manufacturer of life sciences laboratory equipment.

Do you want to join a leading global business who value it’s employees, while also offering excellent long term career prosects.

On offer is the exciting opportunity for a Buyer/Procurement Manager to join a leading life science company who develop and sell instruments and equipment to the global life sciences industry. Founded nearly 100 years ago, and with over 4,500 employees globally, they have built themselves into a global leader within their field. As a business, they value their employees as well as your personal and professional development opportunities with access to training and development opportunities to help you progress in your career.

In this role the successful Buyer/Procurement Manager would be responsible for ensuring optimal contribution of procurement for new products. You will contribute procurement expertise from the early phases of product development, all the way to end-of-life and implement global strategies within product development.

The ideal Buyer/Procurement Manager would ideally come from a life science or manufacturing bacground and be keen to work for a life sciences business in a role that will require occasional travel internationally.

The Role:

  • Work closely with design teams.
  • Procurement, sourcing, negotiating and buying of raw materials.
  • Preparation and planning.
  • Full lifecycle engagement.
  • Reporting and working with key stakeholders.

The Person:

  • Procurement Manager/Buyer with a background in life science or manufacturing.
  • Local to Maldon.
  • Happy to travel with the role.

Keywords: Buyer, Manufacturing, Procurement Manager, Maldon, Essex, Life Sciences, Engineering, Science, Labs, Laboratory

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