Site Buyer, Procurement

oxfordbiom•Durham, NC

About The Position

At OXB, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re on a mission to enable life-changing therapies to reach patients around the world—and we’re looking for passionate individuals who embody our core values every day: Responsible, Responsive, Resilient, and Respectful. Following the expansion of our US footprint with the acquisition of a new commercial-scale viral vector facility in Durham, North Carolina we have some new opportunities to join us. We’re currently recruiting for a Site Buyer, Procurement, to join our team. We seek a highly motivated and organized individual with experience working in a vendor-facing role supporting a GMP Biotech/pharmaceutical operation to help evolve our Supply Chain & Procurement organization into an audit-ready, partner-enabling, GxP-compliant function. To play a key part in advancing our mission and making a real difference.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and at least 1 year of experience in Pharma or Biologics Manufacturing/Supply Chain is required, or at least three years of equivalent work experience.
Thorough knowledge of Procure to Pay flows.
Purchasing experience using an ERP system is required, SAP preferred.
Understanding of legal concepts as related to vendor agreement contracts.
Understanding of accounting/finance practices.
Excellent relationship management skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively with suppliers, and internal business customers, and senior management.
Strength in communicating and working effectively with broad stakeholders

Responsibilities

Process purchase requisitions, purchase change orders and requests for quotes to suppliers.
Coordinate purchasing activities with other departments to maintain inventory at planned levels.
Be a local subject matter expert in the procurement system (SAP) and assist in its implementation.
Ensure indirect procurement process is followed, and contracts are loaded into Blackbird system.
Responsible for procurement business system data input and integrity; monitor approval of invoices for payment, receipt reconciliation and invoice discrepancies.
Evaluate vendor quotes and services to determine compatibility with company objectives.
Develop and maintain productive relationships with critical suppliers to drive value to elevate improved supplier performance, TCO, quality, and service.
Review opportunities for new supply sources and suitability of materials offered.
Identify potential supply risks, communicate to management, and support development and execution of risk mitigations as needed.
Ensure SOX compliance for company, if appropriate.
Collaborating with production planning and QA to ensure vendors meet timelines and GxP requirements.
Perform supplier negotiations on one-off purchases that are not covered by an existing contract or sourcing strategy (spot buys).
Assist with the development and implementation of standard operating procedures, work instructions and training materials.
Establish key stakeholder relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to interact with all levels within the organization, inclusive but not limited to Supply Chain, Planning, Procurement, Warehouse/Logistics, Operations, Finance, R&D, etc.