Job title: Junior Buyer
Reports to: Supply Chain Manager
Location: Onsite at our HQ located at Manchester Science Park
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary & Benefits: Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
About Yourgene Health:
Yourgene Health is a leading integrated technologies and services business, enabling the delivery of genomic medicine. Yourgene work in partnership with global leaders in DNA technology to advance diagnostic science.
Yourgene primarily develops, manufactures, and commercialises simple and accurate molecular diagnostic solutions, for reproductive health and precision medicine. Yourgene's flagship in vitro diagnostic products include non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPT) for Down's Syndrome and other genetic disorders, Cystic Fibrosis screening tests, invasive rapid aneuploidy tests and DPYD genotyping.
Yourgene has a range of innovative DNA Size Selection instruments, powered by Ranger® Technology, ideal for cell-free DNA applications in NIPT, oncology including liquid biopsy, long fragment recovery and gene synthesis applications.
Yourgene also has a global laboratory service network equipped to be a full life-cycle partner for clinical, research and pharmaceutical organisations to support partners at the preclinical, clinical, and post market stage to develop, manufacture, obtain regulatory approval and commercialise new products and services. In addition, Yourgene offers an NIPT testing service in the Manchester laboratory.
Yourgene Health is headquartered in Manchester, UK with facilities in Taipei, Singapore, the US and Canada.
Our Culture:
Yourgene is a growing, vibrant and exciting place to work, we are looking for committed driven individuals to be part of our next growth journey. Our culture is described by our employee's as collegiate, friendly, professional, innovative, open and fast paced. We have plenty of social and well-being initiatives run by our Nova Social & Charity Huddle that keep our sense of community alive and allow us to be part of charity fundraisers. At Yourgene, we focus on putting values led programmes in place to ensure that we can attract, retain and develop our people. We want our people to have a career with Yourgene and we ensure that they are recognised and rewarded for their achievements and commitment, everyone plays a critical role in our growth journey.
Description of role:
Yourgene Health is seeking an enthusiastic and organised Junior Buyer with the skills and experience to contribute to the smooth running of the procurement & planning team. The Junior Buyer will support the Supply Chain Manager in both tactical planning and procurement and strategic projects for the wider group. You will be based onsite at our Manchester HQ and this is a full-time and permanent role.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Purchase materials required for production schedule
- Review purchase requisitions to create purchase orders ensuring compliance to purchasing policies.
- Accurately process purchase orders and expedite to ensure on time in full delivery.
- Continually review Supplier Lead times / Price updates
- Communicate with suppliers and key stakeholders any change in schedules and any relevant information required to support efficient material management.
- Assist with sourcing activities, cost saving projects / continuous improvement works.
- Support supplier onboarding and reviews, maintaining compliant, accurate and robust supplier database.
- Collaborate closely with key stakeholders to support business priorities, to facilitate best practice purchasing.
- Assist with supplier invoice queries as required.
- Liase with internal stakeholders / departments.
- Other Administrative duties as required to support business objectives.
Qualifications, Skills and Abilities:
- Time management, and high diligence.
- Previous purchasing and or planning experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, ideally Netsuite or Sage.
- Stock Control experience.
- Methodical and organised approach to work
- Computer literate with competence in MS Office
Closing Date:
Sunday 1st March, 2026
Equal opportunities:
Yourgene Health and the Novacyt Group of companies provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives
Yourgene Health and the Novacyt Group of companies is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Yourgene Health and Novacyt Group employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written and signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Yourgene Health and the Novacyt Group of companies. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.