Procurement Specialist

About GenScript Founded in 2002 in New Jersey, GenScript Biotech Corporation accelerates innovation in biotech and healthcare by providing researchers and companies with the building blocks needed to develop groundbreaking treatments and products. Guided by its mission to Make People and Nature Healthier Through Biotechnology, and its role as a well-recognized biotechnology company, GenScript has a team of approximately 6,165 employees and has served more than 200,000 customers across over 100 countries and regions. About ProBio: ProBio, a subsidiary of GenScript, is a global CDMO offering end-to-end services from discovery to GMP for plasmids, antibodies, and cell & gene therapies.

We bring together multidisciplinary expertise to accelerate development and manufacturing through customized, and comprehensive services. ProBio has established companies in the United States, the Netherlands, South Korea, and China (Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Nanjing) and other regions to serve global customers, and has helped customers in the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific and other regions obtain more than 150 IND approvals since October 2017. Job Scope: The Procurement Specialist supports site operations through sourcing, purchasing, supplier management, contract administration, and procure-to-pay execution.

The role is responsible for procurement activities related to capital expenditures, facility maintenance services, general operational purchasing, and other assigned categories. The position works closely with Operations, Engineering, Facilities, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Legal, Information Technology, and other cross-functional teams to understand business

Requirements

, manage procurement activities, resolve operational issues, and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures. The Procurement Specialist is expected to independently lead assigned sourcing and purchasing activities within delegated authority while coordinating with the Procurement Manager, Legal, Finance, and other stakeholders when additional review or approval is required. The successful candidate must be a self-starter who can manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgment, and drive work to completion with limited day-to-day supervision.

This is a fully on-site position requiring attendance at the Pennington, New Jersey site five days per week. Remote and hybrid work arrangements are not available. Essential

and appropriately challenge incomplete specifications, unsupported supplier selections, unfavorable commercial conditions, and noncompliant purchasing requests. Create, amend, monitor, reconcile, and close purchase orders for assigned categories and projects. Evaluate and select suppliers based on cost, quality, technical capability, service, delivery, compliance, and risk.

Identify and implement cost savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, standardization, and process-improvement opportunities. Negotiate and administer Master Service Agreements, annual contracts, statements of work, and related commercial documents while coordinating final review and approval with the Procurement Manager, Legal, and applicable stakeholders. Support supplier onboarding, qualification, master-data maintenance, performance monitoring, relationship management, corrective actions, and issue resolution.

Resolve purchase order, receiving, invoice, pricing, quantity, delivery, and three-way-match discrepancies in

Responsibilities

: Lead sourcing activities for capital expenditures, facility maintenance services, general operational purchasing, and other assigned categories. Independently manage RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, competitive bids, supplier evaluations, commercial analyses, negotiations, and award recommendations within delegated authority. Review purchase requisitions for complete and accurate scope, specifications, quantities, pricing, accounting information, approvals, and supporting documentation.

Work constructively with requestors to clarify