Sr. Procurement Specialist

Looking to join a passionate team dedicated to developing and manufacturing life-saving biopharmaceuticals? Avid Bioservices is a leading clinical and commercial biologics CDMO focused on creating innovative solutions to meet the needs of our clients and improve patient outcomes.

Your Role: The Senior Procurement Specialist drives the organization's sourcing lifecycle to optimize costs, mitigate market risks, and guarantee supply continuity. This role balances strategic category leadership with execution, managing a diverse portfolio across both direct procurement (production-critical raw materials and inventory) and indirect procurement (operational goods, software, and corporate services). The ideal candidate acts as a strategic advisor to stakeholders and builds resilient, high-performing supplier networks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Process purchase orders, track deliveries, and ensure timely receipt of goods
• Responsible for negotiating preferred/discount pricing or contract pricing with vendors.
• Maintain strong relationships with suppliers, monitor performance, and resolve disputes or claims.
• Partners with AP to resolve vendor invoice issues.
• Partners with MSAT to drive second sourcing activities for raw materials.
• Helps with obtaining vendor documentation for RMS updates for materials.
• Drive sourcing strategies for raw materials and core engineering components to ensure milestones are being met.
• Complex Contracting: Draft and negotiating complex, multi-year Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Help drive Key Performance Metrics (KPI’s) such as cost savings/avoidance, supplier performance and reduction in procurement cycle times.
• Managing high-value corporate spend categories (e.g., Enterprise Software, Global Facilities, Professional Services) and aligning procurement with executive business goals.
• Responsible for executing and managing enterprise-wide sourcing strategies for non-production goods and services. This role focuses on optimizing corporate spend, driving structural cost reduction initiatives, and building resilient supplier frameworks across high value spend categories.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, or a related technical field.
• 5 to 8+ years of indirect/direct corporate procurement or category management experience.
• Experience with ERP / inventory control systems required, Dynamics D365 experience preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certification (e.g., CPSM, MCIPS, or APICS/CSCP) is highly preferred.
• cGMP experience and writing SOP’s and contracts highly preferred.
• Elite negotiation skills with a proven track record of securing multi-million-dollar annual savings.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This role is a full-time onsite position in Tustin, CA. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. unless otherwise stated by Supervisor. The employee must also have the ability to work overtime and/or weekends when necessary.

Compensation:

We offer competitive compensation packages for this role, including a base salary, performance-based bonuses, and comprehensive benefits such as health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) matching, and paid time off.

The compensation range for this role is $24.23 - $30.28 hourly depending on experience and qualifications. Additionally, we offer opportunities for career growth and development as well as a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Who you are:

• You have a "bring it on!" team player approach and an unshakable positive attitude, always ready to tackle anything that comes your way.
• Your written and verbal skills are out of this world, and you communicate with clarity and confidence.
• You have exceptional multitasking skills and an unparalleled attention to detail that ensure the smooth running of everything.
• You are a master at building relationships, capable of establishing connections with anyone, be it team members, clients, vendors, or suppliers.

Physical Demands & Work Environment: