Associate Purchasing Specialist
PerkinElmerCambridge, England, United Kingdom
Posted December 10, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
For 85 years, PerkinElmer has pushed the boundaries of science in our food, industrial, life science and environmental markets. In addition to innovative laboratory technologies, our OneSource services division delivers a highly trained, experienced, and collaborative team of service engineers with solutions scalable and customizable to serve laboratory needs. We’ve always pursued science with a clear purpose – to help our customers achieve theirs. Our expert team brings technology and intangibles, like creativity, empathy, diligence, and a spirit of collaboration, in equal measure, to fulfill our customers’ desire to work better, innovate better, and create better. PerkinElmer is a leading, global provider of technology and service solutions that help customers measure, quantify, detect, and report in ways that help ensure the quality, safety, and satisfaction of their products. Science with Purpose. Learn more at www.perkinelmer.com.
Job Description
Join PerkinElmer, an experienced leader in scientific solutions, and support the purchasing process for a key customer in Cambridge. This role combines strategic product selection with hands-on purchasing, vendor management, and cost optimization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Experienced in purchasing, order entry, customer service in a team-based environment
- Skilled at negotiation and vendor management
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including MS Excel
- Able to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across teams
- Detail-oriented, analytical, and commercially minded
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Organization and time management skills
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave plus all Bank Holidays
- Income Protection Insurance
- Life Assurance
- Access to WeCare Programme
- MyStrength – a personalised wellbeing app
- AXA Health & Wellbeing App
- Private Medical Insurance
- Enhanced company pension contributions
- Exclusive discounts via Benefit Hub and BHN Extras
- Generous employee referral rewards
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme