Site Procurement Specialist

Role Summary

The Site Procurement Specialist (SPS) will partner with stakeholders across site functional areas and work with Global Procurement Category teams to support all site procurement activities at the Zebulon, NC manufacturing site. The role involves collaborating with enterprise-wide stakeholders to understand specifications and business requirements and to optimize third-party vendor security for supply, quality, service, cost, innovation, regulatory and sustainability. You will work cross-functionally and globally to build partnerships with key suppliers and site/category teams.

Responsibilities

• Financials: Cost & cash - Primarily Cost of Goods/OPEX savings. Drive and measure optimal PPV (Purchase Price Variance) performance and manage/implement value generation initiatives.
• Security of Supply: Ensuring that the right raw material or component is delivered at the right time, in the right amount & quality at the correct time.
• Innovation: Driving & capturing new ideas & innovation to optimise supply & process
• Quality: Reduce supplier deviations, maintain long-term supplier relationships, and drive continuous improvement activities to capture cost savings. Ensures compliance with global Procurement policies initiatives including, but not limited to, driving use of preferred suppliers, third party risk management initiatives, and participation in material risk assessments.
• Service: Drive optimal On-Time In-Full delivery of vendors. Support capital project delivery for key site initiatives.
• Risk: Support implementation of risk mitigation measures to ensure security of supply of key materials and services.
• Sustainability: Champion and drive implementation of key initiatives in support of ambitious targets.
• Site: Representative for Global Procurement at site. Supports all site functions, from a Procurement standpoint, including indirect and capital as directed.

Qualifications

• Required: 2+ years of Procurement or Supply Chain experience in a multi-site, matrixed organization (experience with procurement tools – Ariba, SAP ECC & BI, and Salesforce).
• Required: Experience with sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review and supplier development.
• Required: Experience of working in an FDA regulated environment
• Required: Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Required: Ability to manage sensitive partnerships, influencing and stakeholder partnering skills coupled with excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Required: Must be able to work onsite 3 - 4 days per week
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain or Engineering (see Education section).
• Preferred: APICS certification
• Preferred: CPSM certification
• Preferred: French and/ or Spanish language skills
• Preferred: Emotional maturity & self-awareness
• Preferred: Intellectual, agile and a quick learner
• Preferred: Experience with supplier qualification in a GxP-regulated environment

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain or Engineering