Procurement Specialist III - GMP Lab

What will you do?

Supplier Evaluation, Qualification & Selection

• Identify, evaluate, qualify, and select suppliers based on total cost, quality, delivery, capacity, technical capability, and risk.
• Research supplier markets and develop alternative sources to strengthen supply continuity and competitiveness.
• Develop and execute RFQs and RFPs and lead the commercial evaluation of supplier proposals.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business and technical requirements into sourcing events, supplier selections, and agreements.
• Make supplier recommendations based on quantitative and qualitative analysis and approved sourcing strategies.
• Lead supplier negotiations for assigned materials, categories, and projects within established authority.

Supplier Performance & Supply Risk Management

• Own supplier performance and supply continuity for assigned materials, suppliers, or categories.
• Proactively identify financial, operational, capacity, quality, logistics, and continuity risks and develop appropriate mitigation plans.
• Develop and implement new sources of supply to reduce operational and financial exposure.
• Lead supplier performance reviews and drive corrective actions when performance does not meet requirements.
• Work cross-functionally to resolve complex supplier performance and supply-continuity issues.

Sourcing, Cost & Value Improvement

• Lead strategic and tactical sourcing activities for assigned materials, projects, or categories.
• Apply structured sourcing processes to evaluate supply markets and identify competitive sourcing opportunities.
• Analyze quotations, cost structures, inventory trends, market conditions, and internal and external performance metrics to support sourcing decisions.
• Evaluate total cost of ownership when making sourcing recommendations.
• Support Category Management and Procurement leadership with supplier, market, cost, and performance insights.
• Lead or support make-versus-buy, footprint, supplier-consolidation, and other sourcing initiatives.

Contract & Commercial Management

• Negotiate commercial terms and supplier agreements within established authority.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure requirements are appropriately translated into contracts and commercial agreements.
• Manage assigned supplier contracts throughout their lifecycle, including documentation, implementation, monitoring, and expiration.
• Monitor supplier compliance with contractual obligations and address commercial performance issues.
• Support development and application of standard procurement contract processes and templates.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Business Support

• Serve as the primary procurement business partner for assigned materials, suppliers, categories, and projects.
• Partner across Operations, Engineering, R&D, Quality, Finance, Demand Planning, and other functions to develop and execute sourcing solutions.
• Lead cross-functional sourcing and cost-improvement projects within assigned scope.
• Communicate procurement recommendations, supplier risks, commercial issues, and project status to stakeholders.
• Contribute to procurement performance metrics, business reviews, and improvement priorities.

Continuous Improvement

• Lead defined procurement continuous-improvement and operational-excellence initiatives.
• Analyze inventory trends, supplier metrics, sourcing performance, and procurement processes to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop or improve procurement reports, metrics, tools, and processes.
• Complete special projects and provide support to Procurement leadership as required.

How will you get here?

Education & Experience

• Minimum Bachelor's degree required with minimum 6 years of experience in procurement and/or supply chain preferred
• Master's Degree with 4 years of experience in procurement and/or supply chain preferred
• Field of study: Supply Chain, Business Management, Engineering, or any related field preferred
• Professional procurement or supply chain certification, such as CPSM or APICS, preferred.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in procurement and/or supply chain.
• Experience sourcing new materials and developing alternative sources to mitigate supply-chain risk.
• Direct materials and lab procurement experience preferred.
• Experience in planning, manufacturing, quality, engineering, or related disciplines desired.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating with suppliers and delivering measurable results.
• Experience negotiating supplier agreements and contracts preferred
• Experience working with international suppliers preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Working knowledge of procurement processes, strategic sourcing, and supplier management.
• Understanding of multi-step strategic sourcing processes and strategies.
• Ability to independently lead sourcing, cost-savings, and supplier-improvement projects.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and commercial decision-making skills.
• Ability to evaluate total cost, supplier capability, supply risk, and market conditions.
• Experience working in an MRP environment and with ERP systems.
• ISO or equivalent quality-system and change-control experience, including FDA/cGMP environments, preferred.
• Strong cross-functional communication, project leadership, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong customer-service orientation and sense of urgency.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and applicable ERP platforms.
• Ability to travel up to 15% as needed.