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Procurement Specialist

3 months ago

Columbus, United States Forge Biologics Full time
About Forge

Forge, a member of Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services, is a gene therapy development engine, focused on enabling access to life changing gene therapies and helping bring them from idea into reality. We partner with innovators in the gene therapy community: scientists, physicians, biotech/pharma companies, and patient groups. We bring expertise in gene therapy manufacturing and therapeutics development to the table, helping to champion teams that are navigating the long road from the lab bench to the bedside. Our goal is simple but vital to patients living with disease, and we take it seriously. With a patient-first approach, we are forging new models for working together to better accelerate these transformative medicines to reach those who need them the most.

Forge is based in Columbus, Ohio, in a 200,000 square foot facility known affectionately by team members as, the Hearth. The Hearth, is a custom-designed cGMP facility dedicated to AAV manufacturing and hosts scalable, end-to-end manufacturing services.

About the Role:

We are currently seeking a Procurement Specialist to join the Forge Biologics team. In this role, the Procurement Specialist will directly contribute to the strategic, operational, and supply chain activities required to support the cGMP manufacturing programs and vision. This role will manage all purchasing and sourcing for the supply chain operations department for both internal and external gene therapy programs.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a key function of our department and to make our organization successful. The candidate will lead all purchasing activities, communicate with internal users, and external clients to support GMP and research business operations. The candidate will serve to assure all groups are properly supported and integrated into new systems and communications to support future growth and the Forge strategic vision.

What You'll Do:
  • Execute daily activities to support procurement processes. Including but not limited to: executing purchase orders with suppliers, establishing lines of communication with new and existing suppliers, contacting suppliers to obtain price/lead time on products and follow ups on all open orders, following up on late deliveries and backordered items, communicating with internal teams on order status.
  • Coordination with suppliers to obtain up-to-date lead-times and delivery dates.
  • Coordinate and lead periodic internal meetings to support the sourcing of equipment and materials for GMP and research manufacturing programs.
  • Attend and set-up weekly or Bi-weekly open order meetings with critical suppliers.
  • Manage vendor compliance to performance metrics and pursue all avenues to acquire cGMP compliant products.
  • Collaborate with Purchasing Manager to create and report out bi-weekly Pharmaceutical backorder report to internal and external customers.
  • Aid in the setup of lab inventory Kan-Ban system and management of inventory; including establishing reorder points and safety stock levels.
  • Utilize industry knowledge to conduct searches for new manufacturers and improve product availability and access.
  • Coordinate with Supply Chain Management to evaluate and negotiate competitive supply agreements.
  • Aid in Vendor review and help Supplier Quality pull information needed to evaluate vendors.
  • Aid the finance department when necessary to resolve pricing or invoicing discrepancies.
  • Conduct self in a professional and ethical manner that is consistent with the Company's policies and procedures.
  • Work with Inventory Analyst and Operations Planner to ensure proper amount of products are purchased to support operations.
  • Work to develop recurring/blanket orders for repetitious/long-lead time products to ensure continuous supply.
What You'll Bring:
  • 3+ years of experience supporting supply chain, procurement, and/or buying activities
  • Experience in biopharmaceutical manufacturing or regulated supply chain activities strongly preferred
  • Ability to work hours necessary to support production and/or product transfer activities
  • Strong knowledge of various ERP/MRP systems
  • Travel on an infrequent basis is required (