Procurement Manager

Immunocore; Radnor (Delaware County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Immunocore is seeking a Procurement Manager to oversee contract and category management tasks, ensuring compliance with established processes. The role involves leading a team, negotiating with suppliers, and driving sourcing strategies in Radnor, PA or Gaithersburg, MD offices.

Ideal candidates will have substantial procurement experience, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record in process improvements. Applicants are expected to engage with various stakeholders and manage procurement issues effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience working in or closely with international companies, ideally with a US & UK presence.
• Comfortable managing multiple requests and prioritizing tasks.
• Evidence of credibility with management and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage the team of Procurement Specialists ensuring timely and accurate workload.
• Lead negotiation and finalization of contractual documents.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement optimal sourcing strategies.

Skills

Procurement experience

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Process improvement

Analytical Thinking

Education

Degree graduate

CIPS certified

Tools

Agiloft

NetSuite

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location

Gaithersburg, MD, Radnor, PA

Department

Finance

Key Responsibilities

Provide strong and varied support to the Procurement team, internal stakeholders, and suppliers, with a focus on ownership of contract and category management tasks to ensure awareness and compliance to established processes across the company, as well as driving sourcing strategies and supplier negotiations to deliver incremental and optimal value from our 3rd party spend. Manage the team of Procurement Specialists to ensure operational workload is handled in a timely, accurate, and complete manner, and own operational activities as required to maintain business continuity.

This role will be based in either the Immunocore Radnor (PA) or Gaithersburg (MD) office; fully remote work cannot be considered.

• Serve as the lead contact for certain functions, stakeholders, and related suppliers, providing negotiation, contract management, and procurement process expertise.
• Assume primary responsibility for the creation, negotiation, and finalization of contractual documents (MSAs, Work Orders, Change Orders) for certain departments in a timely and consistently accurate manner, using pre‑approved Immunocore templates where appropriate.
• Lead RFPs across various stakeholder functions, ensuring procurement input is provided and the sourcing process followed so that the best value proposal is selected as the winning bidder and communication to all bidder participants is timely and consistently appropriate.
• Manage the Procurement Specialist team (2) – hands‑on ownership of required operational workload.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to agree on and implement optimal sourcing strategies, leveraging spend through fewer sources of supply to generate maximum value.
• Contribute to the corporate savings pipeline by identifying new efficiency opportunities and driving projects to swift, successful, and sustainable implementation.
• Engage proactively with key stakeholders to ensure business strategy is understood, contract requirements are anticipated, and contract/PO executions are effectively progressed in a timely manner.
• Anticipate and appropriately mitigate potential supply or supplier sourcing risks.
• Support accurate and timely completion of Procurement Specialist responsibilities, being sufficiently knowledgeable about systems to educate stakeholders, suppliers, and coach Procurement Specialists on key process steps and the importance of adherence.
• Develop proficiency in NetSuite (ERP) and Agiloft (Contract Management).
• Work closely with the Procurement team to enhance department infrastructure, including the introduction and incorporation of AI and other technologies.
• Proactively identify and implement process‑efficiency opportunities to accelerate contract review and supplier negotiation steps.
• Be a positive advocate for corporate compliance initiatives and contract management process enhancements with relevant stakeholders and suppliers.
• Act as a role model for the application of relevant corporate policies and procedures, and adhere to compliance and process requirements.

Person Specification

Essential Experience & Knowledge

• Procurement experience ideally at a Global Category or Procurement Manager level.
• Experience negotiating with Global suppliers and influencing geographically dispersed stakeholders.
• Experience working in or closely with international companies, ideally with a US & UK presence.
• Line‑management experience – demonstrable success in combining operational and strategic responsibilities, able to pivot frequently in a fast‑paced environment.
• Evidence of a continuous‑improvement mentality with demonstrable success in improving and transforming processes, particularly at a high‑growth, rapidly scaling company, including effective leverage of technology.
• Evidence of credibility with management and external stakeholders.
• Evidence of leading strategic sourcing initiatives with cross‑functional teams.
• Experience in roles that require proactive identification and implementation of process‑improvement opportunities.
• Comfortable with simultaneously managing multiple requests from different departments and/or suppliers, prioritising competing tasks.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficient in use of standard Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PPT).

Desirable Experience & Knowledge

• Experience with Agiloft and/or NetSuite software.
• Experience working in the Life Sciences or Healthcare industry.

Additional Behaviours Required

• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to detail
• Diagnostic Information Gathering
• Managing Self Performance
• Results Oriented
• Teamwork
• Effective written and oral communication
• Building collaborative relationships
• Interpersonal awareness
• Conceptual thinking
• Forward thinking
• Positively embracing change
• Persuasive communication
• Influencing others
• Initiative

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Degree graduate

Desirable

• CIPS certified

About the Company

Immunocore (NASDAQ: IMCR) is a pioneering, commercial‑stage T cell receptor biotechnology company whose purpose is to develop and commercialise a new generation of transformative medicines that address unmet patient needs in oncology, infectious diseases and autoimmune disease. Our leaders in R&D are internationally recognised as some of the biotech industry’s most successful drug developers. We are creating not just an environment where great minds can interact but an innovation powerhouse answering the big questions. We focus on delivering first‑in‑class biological therapies to patients, having developed a highly innovative soluble TCR platform. Our ImmTAX molecules underpin a new generation of precision‑engineered drugs that harness the immune system to treat a broad spectrum of diseases with high unmet medical need, including oncology, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases.

At Immunocore, we recognise that our employees are our greatest asset. We value the unique contributions each person brings to our team. By embracing Science, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Diversity, and Entrepreneurship (STRIDE), we create an environment where collaboration thrives, ideas flourish, and transformative changes happen. STRIDE represents more than just letters; it embodies our shared identity and drives our mission. We are dedicated to developing breakthrough therapies that transform patients’ lives, advance medicine, and support one another in these pursuits.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Immunocore is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. As such, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.