Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories

Senior Sourcing Specialist

Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories • $80K — $95K *
Leola, PA 17540In-Person
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Qualifications

  • 3-4 years of Purchasing or related experience required.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or Sciences preferred.
  • Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral.
  • Ability to work autonomously and manage tasks without constant oversight.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end sourcing processes for assigned categories, ensuring alignment with Category Managers.
  • Manage supplier selection, RFP processes, and contract negotiations.
  • Build and maintain a knowledge base of market dynamics and supplier performance.
  • Drive cost savings initiatives while ensuring quality and timely delivery.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, including senior management, to align on sourcing goals.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical coverage, including dental and vision options.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Paid vacation and holidays.
Full Job Description


Job Description

As a Senior Sourcing Specialist, your primary responsibility will be to support the NSC Procurement Department for the North America-based Eurofins companies. You will typically report into one of the Category Managers (e.g. Consumables, Clinical, Service Contracts, Capex, Logistics or others ) and refine processes as well as execute new category strategies as they pertain to current projects. Eurofins is searching for a candidate that possesses the following skills:
  • Full end-to-end ownership of categories in scope, including project identification, sourcing leadership, and prioritization in alignment with the Category Manager. Responsible for managing the savings plan to deliver significant value.
  • Lead and integrate assigned portfolio of spend related to M&A activities.
  • Building a project pipeline, leading the sourcing process (RFI and RFQ) with the support of technical experts, including negotiations with suppliers.
  • Obtain significant cost savings in your Categories of scope/Projects for Eurofins companies with increasing level of quality and lower delivery time.
  • Managing relationship with stakeholders up to ELE Presidents and effectively collaborate with key stakeholders to understand the laboratory business requirements, align on goals and drive sourcing initiatives.
  • Influence and lead the change management (including set-up of test plans) to ensure sourcing practices, processes and tools are adopted across the organization.
  • Research (social media, websites, etc) to gain market information, cost and risk management assessments.
  • Sound analytical skills and use of Excel to conduct both executive and detailed level spend analysis, analyzing trends, ability to link and leverage spend and find savings opportunities.
  • Preparing reports and presentations for management and communicating key insights to stakeholders.
  • Integrating organizational measures like supplier diversity, sustainability, cash flow improvement, automation, digitization etc into the process of the scope managed
  • Leading negotiations with suppliers across a spectrum of complexity, from straightforward agreements to intricate, multi-faceted contract, often collaborating with supplier leadership.
  • Knowledge of legal and contractual issues and negotiating contracts
  • Organize priorities and projects with the ability to adapt to Purchasing department/customer/business needs.
  • Self-motivation, performance driven mind-set to identify priorities and deliver within agreed deadlines.
  • Although on the job training would be provided, success in this role hinges on candidate's ability to work autonomously, manage tasks without requiring constant oversight, and demonstrate a strong capacity for self-directed learning on the job.
  • Being agile and adaptable to Eurofins and team needs, which may include potential assignment of new goals and adjustments in roles and responsibilities within the Purchasing team.

Additional responsibilities include:
  • Managing supplier selection, RFP process, negotiation, contracting and supplier performance processes.
  • Creating a strong knowledge and intelligence base for assigned categories, market dynamics and suppliers relevant to the business.
  • Strong resilience and ability to work under pressure in a multi-tasking and multi-priority environment to manage both operational and 'value driven' purchasing.
  • Ensuring the administration, implementation, compliance, and enforcement of national commodity and contracting strategies
  • Driving sourcing process alignment through project management including compliance regarding scope, timeline, deliverables, total cost of ownership, quality, and budget.
  • The ability to lead negotiations for multi-site group contracts and extract cost savings.
  • Building relationships with external suppliers
  • Acting as Purchasing Business Partner for a few Legal Entities and being the single point of contract for internal stakeholders
  • Various reporting as defined in team's processes or as defined by the manager.
  • Reviewing Purchase Order requisitions in Coupa and ensuring best value sourcing for the scope managed
  • Robust e-catalogue and pricing management in the procurement tool including making regular checks for compliance.
  • Leading and integrating assigned portfolio of spend related to post-acquisition activity.
  • Leading both sourcing and operational scope in purchasing.
  • Experience working in Excel and use of pivot tables, standard excel functions.
  • Experience with Coupa Source-to-Pay is an asset but not mandatory.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Coach or train Sourcing Specialists and Associates


Qualifications
  • Minimum of 3-4 years of Purchasing or related experience necessary.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain or Sciences (or related field) preferred


Additional Information

The position is full-time, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., with overtime as needed.
  • Excellent full time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
  • Life and disability insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid vacation and holidays


About Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories

Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories is a leading contract research organization (CRO) providing analytical, research and testing services to clients in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, crop protection, chemical, food, environmental and consumer products industries. The company was founded in 1961 and has grown to become one of the largest CROs in the world, with over 50 locations in 20 countries. Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories is part of the Eurofins Scientific Group, a global leader in bioanalytical testing and laboratory services. The company's services include method development and validation, stability testing, quality control testing, and regulatory compliance support.
Learn more about Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
Size
12,000 employees
Industry
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
* Ladders Estimates

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