Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager

Los Alamitos, California Direct Hire $135000

Job Description

Los Alamitos, CA | $145,000–$160,000 Base Salary | Benefits
On-site at least four days per week

A patient-focused life-sciences organization is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead its purchasing team and strengthen supplier relationships, sourcing strategies, and procurement operations.

This is an opportunity to combine hands‑on procurement leadership with meaningful influence over cost, quality, and delivery in a regulated environment. Candidates with pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical procurement experience are strongly encouraged to apply.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead, coach, and develop buyers and procurement professionals supporting indirect goods and services.

• Manage purchasing activities, including purchase requests, purchase orders, RFQs/RFPs, supplier onboarding, and procurement metrics.

• Lead strategic sourcing, supplier selection, contract negotiations, and capital-project purchasing.

• Partner with internal teams and suppliers to resolve cost, quality, delivery, and performance issues.

• Drive cost savings, process improvements, and budget discipline while maintaining quality and compliance.

• Develop procurement SOPs, policies, and guidelines, and coordinate with vendor‑managed inventory partners.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of purchasing or procurement experience.

• 2+ years leading or supervising buyers or procurement professionals.

• Experience in indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, RFQs/RFPs, supplier negotiations, contracts, and capital projects.

• Working knowledge of GMP/cGMP requirements and their application to purchasing and supplier practices.

• Experience writing SOPs, policies, or controlled procurement guidelines.

• Hands‑on ERP experience and the ability to work on‑site at least four days per week.

Preferred Experience

• Procurement within pharmaceuticals or biopharmaceutical manufacturing , with biotechnology and cell and gene therapy backgrounds also highly relevant.

• Supporting multiple facilities or geographically distributed internal teams.

• Vendor‑managed inventory and supplier‑performance management.

Why This Opportunity

• Lead a team and shape the function: Influence how purchasing, sourcing, and supplier management operate.

• Make a visible impact: Improve costs, processes, and supplier performance through close cross‑functional partnerships.

• Support a meaningful mission: Contribute to a life‑sciences organization whose work directly affects patients.

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