Senior Supply Chain Specialist / Buyer - SAP

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing strategies and negotiate supplier agreements for direct materials across multiple Alcami sites.
• Place and manage purchase orders to align with production forecasts and schedules, ensuring on-time material availability.
• Manage supplier relationships, including qualification, performance monitoring, issue resolution, and compliance with Quality and Regulatory expectations.
• Ensure adherence to contract terms, service levels, and documentation requirements, including supplier specifications and compendia updates.
• Monitor inventory levels and material flow across sites to support production needs, mitigate risk, and maintain supply continuity.
• Cook up material movements, including receiving, staging, transfers, and disposal of expired materials in alignment with SOPs.
• Prepare and present inventory reports based on business and customer needs.
• Leverage SAP (MM/IM/WM) to manage procurement and inventory transactions, including vendor and material master data, PO lifecycle, and batch management.
• Act as a subject matter expert for materials management in SAP, driving data integrity and process consistency across sites.
• Analyze material usage and supply data to identify bottlenecks and implement improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance to execute Plan-to-Manufacture (P2M) and Procure-to-Order (P2O) processes.
• Support internal and client communications regarding material availability and supply issues, offering alternative solutions as needed.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, GDP, and internal procurement and quality standards.
• Provide mentorship to junior team members and cross-functional support as needed (e.g., shipping, receiving, material handling).
• Promote audit readiness and represent the supply chain function in regulatory inspections.
• Support continuous improvement by analyzing consumption trends, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, or related field (required); APICS/CPIM certification a plus.
• 7+ years of materials or inventory management experience within a pharmaceutical, biotech, or CDMO environment.
• Previous work experience in a CDMO manufacturing environment preferred.
• Prior pharmaceutical/industry GMP experience required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in SAP Inventory Management (IM), Warehouse Management (WM), Plan-to-Manufacture (P2M), and Procure-to-Order (P2O) processes.
• Deep proficiency in SAP MM (P2P) with working knowledge of vendor master, source lists, and PO processing.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to manage supplier relationships across domestic and international markets.
• Demonstrated ability to drive cost savings while ensuring supply reliability and compliance.
• Experience supporting material staging, production order kitting, and goods issue to process orders.
• Proven track record managing inventory across multiple manufacturing and distribution sites.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite especially Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to perform assigned tasks carefully and on schedule according to standard operating procedures and supervisor’s instructions.
• Able to work with people at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent verbal communication skills required.