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Abacus

Capital Construction Procurement Specialist

Abacus, Wilson, North Carolina, United States, 27893


Description : Title: Capital Construction Procurement Specialist

Managing and leading vendor contract negotiations, developing and implementing MSA's, OTA's and SOW through EMarketplace Contracting (eMC) - Supplier Contracting Services. • Responsible for managing the procurement of Capital Equipment & Capital Construction with our external partners - Negotiating payment terms, payment milestones and package discounts during commercial bid evaluations. • Circulating fully negotiated package recommendations to System Owners and the Project Procurement, Engineering, PMO & Construction Leads for approval before sending to Project Controls Analyst to create an official Purchase Order. Following up to ensure timely approvals. • Supplier relationship management - issuing RFI/RFP/RFQ's to external stakeholders (local suppliers where possible), negotiating effectively and ensuring appropriate risk management is undertaken. • Preparing weekly and monthly project updates • Liaising with our project partners at weekly project procurement update meetings. • Directly responsible for project managing the procurement of Laboratory & In Process Testing IPT Equipment • Facilitating and negotiating Project Partner Contracts for Procurement, Engineering & C&Q activities on Project. • Working cross-functionally with Quality, Operations, PMO, Engineering and various System Owners/ System Users. • Escalating procurement issues to our project partners and joining regular calls with the vendors to resolve all issues. • Managing the delivery of Non-EU equipment, identifying, and securing bottom line customs duty savings, involving strong stakeholder management. • Identifying, achieving, and reporting procurement cost savings for the project.

Qualifications: - Proficiency in Procurement processes - Procurement experience supporting capital construction projects for drug substance manufacturing (including supply chain or direct materials) - Shared services center knowledge with Procure to Pay cycle experience - Experience in collaborating with other functions such as contracting, legal, finance, engineering, and/or operations amongst others - Knowledge of Procurement systems (e.g., Ariba, Scout, Salesforce.com) - Proven efficiency working remotely and onsite with business partners and suppliers 4-6 years' experience - Proficiency in procurement processes - Procurement experience supporting capital construction projects for drug substance manufacturing (including supply chain or direct materials) - Shared services center knowledge with Procure to Pay cycle experience - Experience in collaborating with other functions such as contracting, legal, finance, engineering, and/or operations amongst others - Knowledge of Procurement systems (e.g., Ariba, Scout, Salesforce.com) - Proven efficiency working remotely and onsite with business partners and suppliers

Location: Will be remote until the site opens in Wilson, NC. After the site opens, role will be onsite. Travel; Travel will be required to Conshohocken, PA. Travel can be 1 week per month until Wilson, NC site opens and is receiving workers. Leader stated travel to the Cary, NC site about 3 days a week until Wilson, NC site is fully open. May go back and forth between both Cary and Wilson sites in NC.

TOP Skills: - Experience with Capital Construction in Procurement - Must be flexible with travel and being able to work onsite in person in an office - Must be collaborative and assertive - Must be a go-getter and pro-active Hours per Day 8 Hours per Week 40 Total Hours 4,176.00