Operational Procurement Specialist - Remote (Untied States)

Curia provides global contract research and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

The Operational Procurement Specialist has responsibility of assisting with all aspects of Operational Procurement, including participating in project management of Procurement projects at site and “in country” sourcing and negotiations. The Operational Procurement Specialist will cover both direct and indirect goods and services and entail the active engagement of specialist Curia Procurement resources around the world. This position will assist in Site Operational Procurement when the Procurement Manager is not available.

The Procurement Specialist responsibilities include ensuring materials are available for production according to schedule, ensuring inventory is minimised and assisting with cash management optimisation. Global Procurement projects require functional alignment to provide an efficient implementation process for early recognition of savings. Sourcing and negotiations are to be conducted at a country level with local suppliers or as designated by Procurement Management.

This position may also assist in the day-to-day support of the Site’s Procurement activities at the assigned regional, country or site level. This includes (but is not limited to) identification and selection of suppliers, sourcing goods and services, performing eSourcing platform functions such as RFI, RFQ, RFP, and reverse eAuctions, supplier negotiation of goods and services, purchase order placement and management, data consolidation and analytics, addressing any issues that arise from a quality or delivery standpoint and enforcing Procurement policies and procedures.

Join our talented workforce, where a commitment to excellence and a customer focused attitude is everything. We pursue excellence because our work has the power to improve patients’ lives with the pharmaceuticals we develop and manufacture.

We proudly offer

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)

• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)

• Career advancement opportunities

• Education reimbursement

• 401k program

• Learning platform

• And more!

Responsibilities

• Contributes towards the construction of a multiyear program of cost savings initiatives

• Negotiates and establishes pricing and/or contracts with local suppliers with terms which are favorable to Curia

• Executes local eSourcing activities including training of suppliers and running events within the guidelines provided and assists to construct the monthly eSourcing plan

• Helps manage the site cash effectively by ensuring the economic order quantities are appropriate, payment terms are maximised and MRP exception messages (EXDX) are regularly reviewed and executed

• Provides support to and collaborates with Category Management team by promoting established category strategies to internal stakeholders and ensuring that purchase orders are placed on-time and comply with strategic agreements and terms set at the local level

• Liaises with Quality/Regulatory departments and helps to ensure supplier material is qualified on time for expected use, helps prepare monthly alternate supplier qualification (ASQ) reports

• Helps to monitor metrics and KPIs to assess the health and quality of all procurement-related activities on site, ensuring the timely delivery of services and goods, proper alignment with the Organization’s commercial and contractual requirements, mitigation of risk and accurate and timely payment for goods and services

• Constructs business cases related to plant savings for submission to and recording by the Global Procurement Organisation. Assists with the capture of cost savings and avoidance during purchase order placement while ensuring coordination with global and regional contracts

• Assists with all Procurement Operations related questions, feedback, transformations or service escalations in coordination with local Procurement Manager

• Helps maintain Supplier Relationships and prepares relevant reports including Performance Management and Risk Management at a country level

• Assists with Contract Management (local suppliers) referring to Legal as required with assistance from Procurement Manger

• Identifies new potential suppliers, executes Supplier Selection and conducts negotiations (country level) according to the prescribed programs and category strategies

• Reviews and executes required actions on the Past Due purchase orders report daily to ensure receipt of goods and to ensure suppliers’ payment terms are not compromised

• Performs the day-to-day Procurement Operations at the Site, as part of a team that provides policy and process enforcement, supplier onboarding, transaction management and fiscal responsibility

• Executes the end-to-end process related to standard purchase order-based procure to pay process including purchase order preparation and placement, change notices, coordinating supplier returns, expediting/de-expediting, past due purchase orders and invoice issue resolution. Must ensure correctness and timeliness of purchase order placement

• Helps drive continuous improvement and simplification of local procurement processes in alignment with Global Procurement operations goal to reduce the administrative burden at all Sites through elimination/automation of non-value-added activities

• Embraces implementation, change management and adoption of Global Procurement standards, processes and procedures (including assisting with training to internal customers, local documentation and/or communications as required)

• Responsible for awareness and compliance of procurement policies, processes, and systems and complies with those at the local level

• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with business partners and stakeholders both internal and external

• Conducts business with the highest level of integrity ensuring compliance with the Curia Code of Ethics and Business Conduct

• Participates in self-development activities and provides training to peers and internal stakeholders

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED and a minimum of 4 years of related work experience,

OR

• AAS Degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Business, Supply Chain or a related field and a minimum of 2 years of related work experience,

OR

• Bachelor’s Degree or above in Chemistry, Engineering, Business, Supply Chain or related field

• Must demonstrate intermediate +/advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word, including ability to take raw data and use it to manipulate and/or create pivot tables, use VLOOKUP, complex formulas and related tables, graphs and charts

Preferred

• Basic knowledge of Oracle or SAP and MRP systems (dependent by Site) preferred

• 1+ years’ experience in procurement or procurement related activities preferred

• Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences industry experience

• Basic experience and knowledge in negotiation preparation and execution

• Practical experience in eSourcing

Pay Range: $51,000-$64,270/year

Education, experience, location and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended.

We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at Curia, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement by an authorized signatory in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Curia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Curia because of the unsolicited referral.

All interested applicants must apply online. Please be aware of scammers. Curia will only send offer letters and requests for sensitive personal information from a curiaglobal.com email address. Curia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Curia is an E-Verify employer.