Senior Specialist, Indirect Site Services Procurement
About The Position
The Senior Specialist, Indirect Site Services supports sourcing for multiple North American manufacturing sites: DeSoto, Kansas; Elkhorn, Nebraska; Ames, Iowa; Worthington, Minnesota; and Millsboro, Delaware. The role focuses on indirect services categories including Maintenance, Repair and Operations, Integrated Facilities Management, gases, electrical and mechanical site services, production equipment maintenance, and calibration services. DeSoto is the preferred site location; Millsboro is also an option. The position is hybrid, with three days on-site and two days working from home. The role supports manufacturing operations by developing and executing sourcing strategies, managing stakeholder and supplier relationships, conducting sourcing and negotiation processes, and improving supplier performance. It contributes to cost reduction, working capital improvement, category strategy, and procurement policy compliance. The position is part of the Manufacturing Division, which works with facilities, contractors, suppliers, and partners to support reliable delivery of high-quality biopharmaceutical products.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Science, Engineering, or a related area of study.
- Minimum of three years’ experience in procurement within Life Sciences or related industry environments.
- Experience with multi-site sourcing of indirect services categories, including gases, electrical/mechanical site services, production equipment maintenance, and calibration services.
- Strategic and effective negotiation and commercial skills.
- Ability to prioritize and multitask while working to an agreed schedule.
- Self-motivated and able to work individually or as part of a team.
- Flexible approach to workload.
Nice To Haves
- Other purchasing qualification, such as CPM or CIPS.
Responsibilities
- Support manufacturing operations by driving sourcing strategies and stakeholder management for indirect services categories.
- Understand stakeholder requirements to establish supply strategies and proactively mitigate supply risks and issues.
- Lead stakeholder engagement meetings and schedule routine reviews.
- Translate stakeholder requirements into tangible business results.
- Develop requirements with business representatives, Legal, and other stakeholders.
- Conduct relationship management meetings with key and active suppliers.
- Manage supplier performance levels.
- Create and execute RFI and RFP processes, ensuring all business requirements are captured.
- Lead proposal assessments using predefined criteria derived from business requirements.
- Develop sourcing strategies aligned with stakeholder business requirements to drive value for the company.
- Create detailed pre-negotiation plans, lead negotiation sessions, and conduct post-negotiation debriefs.
- Prepare and implement appropriate forms of contract and commitment with suppliers.
- Liaise with corporate Legal for contract clause reviews.
- Ensure supplier agreements and relationships have a good supplier matrix embedded within.
- Monitor, report, manage, and continuously improve supplier performance using OTIF metrics.
- Drive innovation with key suppliers and conduct routine meetings.
- Share best practices cross-functionally within the site team, region, and across categories.
- Ensure procurement is carried out ethically and in line with procurement policy and procedures.
- Identify, track, and deliver cost reduction and working capital improvement opportunities.
- Participate in strategic initiatives to improve and advance the category and subcategories.
- Support or manage category and subcategory performance in delivering critical department metrics.
- Actively participate in category teams, leading local or regional category strategies or subsets of global category strategies.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision healthcare and other insurance benefits for employees and family.
- Retirement benefits, including 401(k).
- Paid holidays.
- Vacation.
- Compassionate and sick days.
- Eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
