Sr. Sourcing & Procurement Specialist

The role

This person will support procurement activities across U.S. business units with primary support for the Raritan, NJ site. They will handle purchasing execution, supplier onboarding, contract workflow support, and supplier performance.

What you will do

• Assist with sourcing, vendor selection, supplier market analysis, benchmarking, and commercial evaluation.
• Support business unit representatives in developing requirements and scopes of work.
• Monitor supplier execution against scopes of work and purchase orders.
• Support purchasing operations including purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and vendor documentation.
• Support supplier record maintenance and supplier master data updates in S/4 HANA (SAP).
• Support commercial terms review, contract negotiation activities, and contract compliance monitoring.
• Collaborate with Finance, Accounts Payable, suppliers, and business stakeholders to resolve purchasing issues.
• Contribute to spend analysis, procurement reports, performance metrics, and standard operating procedures.
• Work independently on assigned procurement activities and prioritize daily workload.
• Follow established procurement policies and procedures.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline
• Minimum of 3–4 years of relevant sourcing or procurement experience
• Procurement systems and reporting tools, including SAP/S/4 HANA transactions and PR/PO lifecycle support
• Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
• Ability to quickly learn and adopt new systems, workflows, and technology-enabled procurement processes
• Working knowledge of AI technologies and approved AI tools
• English

Nice to have

• Experience supporting procurement operations in a regulated, GMP, pharmaceutical, biotech, or manufacturing environment
• Prior exposure to procurement operations, finance, accounting principles, supplier onboarding, due diligence, contract workflow support, and stakeholder management
• Power BI experience

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that vests fully on day one
• Eight (8) weeks of paid parental leave after three (3) months of employment
• Paid time off including vacation time, personal time, sick time, floating holidays, and eleven (11) company holidays
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Legal assistance
• Supplemental plans such as pet, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Voluntary commuter benefits
• Family planning and care resources
• Well-being initiatives and peer-to-peer recognition programs

Before you apply

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States
• Participation in the E-Verify program
• Required to complete the Form I-9 process

About the company

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating and, one day, curing life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, the company is advancing the next generation of cell therapy.