Procurement Operations Specialist, Pipeline (Contractor)
About The Position
Legend Biotech is seeking a Procurement Operations Specialist, Pipeline (Contractor) to join its Procurement team in Somerset, New Jersey. The position provides first-line procure-to-pay (P2P) support for an assigned business function, addressing and escalating procurement-related payment, contracting, policy, and approval issues to the appropriate functions and stakeholders. The role handles purchase requisition and purchase order coordination, invoice and service-entry-sheet support, transaction troubleshooting, recordkeeping, reporting, and process improvement. It makes routine transactional decisions within approved procedures, system access, and delegated authority; identifies missing information and follows up on requests; and escalates exceptions to the appropriate process owner. Budget approvals, contractual commitments, policy exceptions, and payment authorization remain with designated authorized owners. The position is a contractor role. The posting states that benefits are offered exclusively to permanent full-time employees and that contractors are not eligible for benefits through Legend Biotech.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
- 1–3 years of related Procurement or Supply Chain experience in a similar role.
- Pharmaceutical industry experience.
- Ability to manage multiple requests, prioritize competing deadlines, maintain accurate records, and collaborate across business functions.
- Extensive experience using SAP and Ariba modules.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables and macros.
Responsibilities
- Receive and validate order information from Procurement or the supported business function to facilitate purchase requisition (PR) creation.
- Notify Procurement of planned contracts, such as work orders or change orders, when applicable.
- Confirm budget availability, contract status when applicable, cost center, GL account, and other relevant information.
- Create or revise PRs and confirm their creation with Procurement and the stakeholder.
- Track PR approval flow.
- Relay purchase order numbers to Procurement and stakeholders once created.
- Coordinate with Accounts Payable regarding invoices and create and distribute service entry sheets (SES).
- Confirm in writing with stakeholders that services have been completed satisfactorily.
- Troubleshoot and resolve PR, PO, invoice, and SES issues and disputes.
- Confirm that new suppliers have been created in S4.
- Identify recurring errors and process bottlenecks, recommend improvements, and support maintenance of procedures and P2P training modules.
- Maintain transaction records and supporting documentation and support audit information requests.
- Prepare monthly tracking reports on PR/PO status, balances, aging items, and outstanding issues.
- Identify potential duplicate requests or POs and escalate them for review.
- Identify missing information, follow up on requests, and escalate exceptions to the appropriate process owner.
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Career Level
Entry Level
