Sourcing and Procurement Manager

LIFE SCIENCE OUTSOURCING INC•Brea, CA

3d•$105,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

Life Science Outsourcing (LSO) is seeking a Sourcing and Procurement Manager to own strategic sourcing and purchasing across its two sites. The role leads sourcing, negotiation, and purchasing, applies data and critical thinking to company spend, negotiates pricing and terms, and supervises the buyers responsible for execution. Results are measured through realized savings, spend under contract, supplier consolidation, payment terms, inventory turns, and supplier performance. The position has a dotted-line reporting relationship to the CEO. The manager will establish consolidated visibility into direct, indirect, purchase-order, and non-PO spend; identify and deliver savings; negotiate and manage supplier agreements; and implement a preferred-supplier program, purchasing policy, and approval matrix. The role also supports purchasing execution, inventory and working-capital improvement, supplier performance and continuity, and compliance with purchasing controls in an FDA-regulated, ISO 13485-certified manufacturing environment. This is an on-site position at the Brea, California, or Somersworth, New Hampshire facility. Work is primarily office-based, with regular visits to the warehouse, production floor, and ISO-classified cleanroom areas. Travel to suppliers and the other LSO site is approximately 15–25%. Standard business hours apply, with occasional flexibility around month-end, audits, and critical supply issues.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
6–8 years of progressive procurement, purchasing, or strategic sourcing experience in manufacturing.
1–2 years leading buyers or purchasing staff; senior buyer or team lead experience is considered.
Documented record of negotiated, measurable savings, including with large or single-source suppliers, in a regulated industry such as medical device, pharmaceutical, or aerospace.
Advanced Excel skills and experience with spend analytics or BI tools such as Power BI.
Experience cleaning ERP and accounts payable data.
Working knowledge of ERP and MRP purchasing, including order quantity, reorder point, and safety stock planning.
Solid command of commercial contract terms, including pricing, payment, warranty, liability, and quality agreement provisions.
Ability to think critically and use cost models and data to support decisions.
Ability to negotiate firmly while building lasting supplier relationships.
Leadership, coaching, and accountability skills.
Clear and confident communication, high integrity, and ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
Ability to work for extended periods sitting at a computer, occasionally stand and walk, and lift up to 25 pounds.
Ability to travel to supplier sites and the other LSO site approximately 15–25%.

Nice To Haves

Medical device contract manufacturing experience under ISO 13485.
ASCM (APICS) CPIM or CSCP certification, or ISM CPSM certification.
Experience with Deacom ERP.
Experience sourcing packaging, sterilization, or cleanroom materials and services.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain consolidated visibility into direct, indirect, PO, and non-PO spend across both sites using ERP and accounts payable data.
Analyze spend by category, supplier, and site, and pursue savings across indirect categories including freight, MRO, IT and software, facilities, utilities, waste, temporary labor, insurance, and professional services.
Run RFQs and RFPs, develop should-cost and total-cost-of-ownership comparisons, benchmark market pricing, and document award recommendations.
Consolidate suppliers, launch a preferred-supplier program, reduce off-contract spend, and report realized savings and cost avoidance against annual targets.
Negotiate price, payment terms, lead times, minimum order quantities, volume commitments, tiered pricing, rebates, multi-year agreements, commodity-indexed pricing, extended payment terms, and early-payment discounts.
Draft and manage supply, pricing, and service agreements with leadership and legal counsel, and maintain a contract calendar for renewals and price increases.
Supervise, train, and develop buyers at both sites; set priorities, assign work, and conduct performance reviews.
Own the purchasing policy and approval matrix, establish buying standards, and drive compliance across departments.
Review requisitions, open purchase orders, quantities, and pricing to prevent waste and ensure ERP purchase orders are accurate.
Partner with Planning and Production to align purchasing with MRP demand and schedules, expedite critical materials, and resolve supplier and Accounts Payable discrepancies.
Set order quantities, reorder points, and safety stock while balancing price breaks and minimum order quantities against carrying costs.
Move repeat purchases to blanket orders, scheduled releases, kanban, consignment, or vendor-managed inventory, and consolidate orders and shipments to reduce freight costs.
Work with Planning to prevent excess and obsolete inventory and recover value through returns and restocking credits.
Partner with Sales and Estimating to ensure quoted material costs are accurate and supplier increases are passed through where agreements allow.
Qualify and recommend suppliers with Quality; monitor delivery, quality, responsiveness, and cost; and lead supplier reviews and improvement plans.
Identify single-source and continuity risks, develop alternate sources, and leverage combined California and New Hampshire spend.
Follow purchasing controls under FDA 21 CFR Part 820 and ISO 13485, including Approved Supplier List requirements, correct specifications and revisions on purchase orders, and SCAR support.
Maintain audit-ready records under Good Documentation Practices, support internal, customer, and registrar audits, and uphold purchasing authority and conflict-of-interest standards.