Purchasing Supervisor

Bruker is one of the world's leading analytical instrumentation companies enabling scientist to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new application that improve the quality of human life. Our high-performance products and high-value life science and diagnostic solutions are trusted by leading businesses, institutes, and scientists worldwide. Today, more than 8,500 employees at over 90 locations are working on this permanent challenge to make the world a better place.

The Regional Purchasing Manager plays a key leadership role in driving procurement transformation, operational alignment, and supplier performance across multiple manufacturing and R&D sites within a defined region. This role is responsible for leading regional execution of sourcing strategies, ensuring fulfillment of site supply requirements, managing service level agreements (SLAs), and supporting cross-functional collaboration to deliver measurable value and operational excellence.

This position serves as a critical bridge between corporate sourcing, site operations, and strategic procurement

initiatives, ensuring that regional purchasing activities support both local site needs and global GSM priorities

Domestic travel required: 10-20%

International travel required: 5-10%

Procurement Transformation & Regional Alignment

Deploy global sourcing strategies, tools, and systems (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, LeanDNA, Onventis) across the region.
• Lead regional rollout of procurement process improvements, data standards, and performance
• dashboards.
• Support change management by coaching site procurement teams on new systems, workflows, and compliance standards.

Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management

• Collaborate with site leaders to define and implement SLAs aligned with material availability, lead times, and escalation response.
• Track and report SLA performance, driving corrective actions for non-compliance or service gaps.
• Ensure purchasing support aligns with production readiness, NPI timelines, and CTB (Clear-to-Build)
• execution.

Supplier and Category Management

• Manage key regional supplier relationships and contribute to global supplier segmentation and
• performance evaluation.
• Execute regional supplier negotiations, price agreements, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Support supplier transitions, consolidations, and risk mitigation strategies.

Operational Support & Risk Management

• Act as escalation point for material availability, PO delays, or quality issues that impact build readiness or site schedules.
• Collaborate with Quality, Planning, Manufacturing, and Engineering on root cause resolution and corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with planning parameters, purchasing policies, and regulatory requirements.

Team Leadership and Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Buyers and Procurement Specialists across supported sites.
• Align team objectives with regional and global GSM goals, driving accountability through KPIs and regular reviews.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and customer focus.

Required Education and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related field required: Master's preferred
• 5-8 + years of experience in procurement, with at least 3 years in managerial or regional leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of sourcing, purchasing operations, supplier management, and ERP systems (SAP S4/Hana)
• Experience leading procurement transformation or process improvement initiatives across multiple sites.
• Proven ability to manage supplier relationships and negotiate commercial terms effectively.
• Strong understanding of SLA design and performance tracking.

Preferred Certifications:

CPIM, CSCP, or DDP

Additional Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and other Characteristics:

• Demonstrated ability to influence across functional, cultural, and geographic boundaries.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical, data management, and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive, results-driven, and highly organized with a focus on driving business impact.
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic environment with competing priorities and evolving requirements.
• Technical knowledge of operational and manufacturing processes (design, assembly, integration, and test)

At Bruker, base salary is part of our total compensation. The estimated base salary range for this full-time position is between $101,000 and $161,000 provides an opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role.The base salary for the role will depend on a several job-related factors, including, but not limited to education, training, experience, the geographic location of the successful candidate, skills, competencies, job-related knowledge and travel requirements for this position. Full-time employees may also be eligible for a performance-related incentive in addition to a full range of benefits including 401(k) with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, medical and dental plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, employee assistance program and paid time off including vacation, sick time and holidays, and more.

Bruker is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Certain positions at Bruker require compliance with export control laws and as a result, all interviewed candidates for all positions will be screened pre-interview to determine their eligibility in light of export control restrictions