Procurement Specialist (Biotechnology)

Location: Pennington, New Jersey, United States; fully on-site five days per week. Remote and hybrid work arrangements are not available.

Salary: $60,000–$90,000 per year, based on skills and experience.

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology and healthcare company providing research, development, and manufacturing services, including ProBio’s end-to-end CDMO services for plasmids, antibodies, and cell and gene therapies.

What you will do

• Lead sourcing and purchasing activities for capital expenditures, facility maintenance services, general operations, and assigned procurement categories.
• Manage RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, competitive bids, supplier evaluations, commercial analyses, negotiations, and award recommendations.
• Review requisitions and create, amend, reconcile, monitor, and close purchase orders.
• Negotiate and administer master service agreements, annual contracts, statements of work, and related commercial documents.
• Manage supplier onboarding, qualification, performance monitoring, corrective actions, relationship management, and issue resolution.
• Resolve receiving, invoice, pricing, quantity, delivery, and three-way-match discrepancies while maintaining accurate procurement data in SAP, ERP, and Source-to-Pay systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business administration, engineering, finance, operations management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Three to five years of experience in procurement, sourcing, purchasing, supply chain, or contract administration, including indirect procurement categories.
• Knowledge of sourcing, supplier management, contract administration, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoice matching, and procure-to-pay controls.
• Experience independently conducting sourcing events, supplier evaluations, negotiations, commercial analyses, and award recommendations.
• Strong contract-management, analytical, problem-solving, project-management, change-management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability and willingness to work on-site at the Pennington site five days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, manufacturing, healthcare, laboratory operations, or another regulated environment.
• Experience in a GMP-regulated environment and familiarity with quality systems and regulated-supplier requirements.
• Experience with SAP, Source-to-Pay, eProcurement, contract-management, supplier-management, or spend-analysis platforms.
• Professional certification such as CPSM, C.P.M., CSCP, CPPB, PMP, or an equivalent credential.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that vests fully on day one.
• Paid parental leave after three months, paid time off, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and company holidays.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts, life and disability insurance, legal assistance, and supplemental insurance plans.
• Commuter benefits, well-being initiatives, and peer-to-peer recognition programs.

Hiring process

• Structured interview focused on sourcing events, supplier negotiations, purchase order management, contract coordination, SAP or ERP activities, and supplier issue resolution.
• A brief procurement exercise may assess sourcing knowledge, purchase order administration, problem-solving, commercial judgment, attention to detail, and written communication.