Procurement Operations Specialist, Corporate Functions (Contractor)
About The Position
Legend Biotech is seeking a Procurement Operations Specialist, Corporate Functions (Contractor) to join its Procurement team in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The role provides first-line procure-to-pay (P2P) support for an assigned business function, helping resolve and escalating procurement-related payment, contracting, policy, and approval issues to the appropriate functions and stakeholders. The specialist supports purchase requisition and purchase order workflows, invoice coordination, service entry sheets, supplier setup confirmation, transaction records, reporting, and troubleshooting. The position makes routine transactional decisions within approved procedures, system access, and delegated authority. It identifies missing information, 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 role is based in Bridgewater, NJ. 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 business function to facilitate purchase requisition 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 purchase requisitions and confirm their creation with Procurement and the stakeholder.
- Track purchase requisition approval flows.
- Relay purchase order numbers to Procurement and stakeholders once created.
- Coordinate invoices with Accounts Payable and create and distribute service entry sheets.
- Obtain written confirmation from stakeholders that services have been satisfactorily completed.
- Troubleshoot and help resolve purchase requisition, purchase order, invoice, and service entry sheet 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 purchase requisition and purchase order status, balances, aging items, and outstanding issues.
- Identify potential duplicate requests or purchase orders 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
