Procurement Specialist II, Business Partner

Fujifilm; Holly Springs (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies in North Carolina seeks a Procurement Specialist 2 to advise and lead sourcing, supplier management, and procurement optimization across business units. You will translate business needs into effective sourcing strategies, drive cost savings, and ensure compliance with regulatory and data privacy requirements.

The role emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders, strong negotiation, and analytical acumen to deliver value in a dynamic biotechnology environment at the Holly

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with 4+ years in procurement
• Experience in sourcing, supplier management, and cost optimization
• Familiarity with S2P/P2P systems and contract lifecycle management
• Strong negotiation, analytics, and stakeholder communication skills

Responsibilities

• Serve as procurement advisor and execution lead for assigned functions
• Lead end-to-end sourcing events and negotiations across categories
• Develop sourcing plans including market analysis and supplier segmentation
• Monitor spend, savings, and KPI dashboards and report insights to stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with procurement policy and SOX controls

Skills

Negotiation

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

S2P systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Ariba

Jaggaer

Coupa

Oracle

Ivalua

SAP

Job description

Position Overview

The Procurement Specialist 2, Business Partner, serves as an advisor and execution lead for sourcing, supplier management, and procurement optimization across assigned business units. This role partners closely with stakeholders to maintain P2P discipline and translate business needs into sourcing strategies that deliver value, mitigate risk, and ensure compliance. This role blends commercial acumen, stakeholder management, and procurement expertise with strong analytical and negotiation skills.

Company Overview

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is building the future of bioproduction in Holly Springs, North Carolina. By end of 2025, we'll open North America's largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and packaging under one roof. We're looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us realize this exciting vision and deliver the next vaccine, cure, or therapy. We offer a dynamic work environment and we're proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your purpose, energy, and drive-what we call Genki. Ready to shape the future of medicine? Let's transform healthcare together! Holly Springs, North Carolina, combines small-town warmth with proximity to Raleigh's thriving tech scene, making it the perfect blend of community and opportunity. Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of "giving our world more smiles." Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Job Description

What You'll Do

• Acts as the primary procurement contact for assigned functions, aligning sourcing strategies to business goals.
• Participates in periodic planning, demand forecasting, and budget cycles; challenge specifications to optimize total cost of ownership (TCO).
• Provides market insights, supplier innovation, and best practices to drive continuous improvement.
• Works closely with Strategic Sourcing Manager on end-to-end sourcing events and competitive negotiations for medium-to-high complexity categories.
• Develops and executes sourcing plans, including market analysis and supplier segmentation.
• Drives multi-year value pipelines (cost savings, cost avoidance, process efficiency, operational risk reduction).
• Negotiates and finalize terms and conditions, SLAs, and KPIs in collaboration with Legal and stakeholders.
• Ensures contracts reflect business requirements, data privacy, information security, and regulatory needs.
• Manages contract lifecycle, renewals, extensions, and amendments.
• Onboards, evaluates, and manages suppliers; conduct ABR's/QBR's and performance reviews.
• Addresses performance issues, implement corrective actions, and foster innovation and continuous improvement.
• Ensures adherence to procurement policy, competitive bidding standards, and approval workflows.
• Maintains audit-ready documentation.
• Supports SOX controls as applicable.
• Uses S2P systems (e.g., Ariba, Jaggaer, Coupa, Oracle, Ivalua) to manage PO flow, associated contracts, and data reporting.
• Analyzes spend, savings, and KPI dashboards; develop insights and recommendations for stakeholders.
• Perform other job duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong negotiator with ability to effectively utilize appropriate techniques
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
• Ability to work cross-functionally with a diverse team
• Champions a collaborative attitude for the team
• Highly motivated, self-starter with ability to work independently in a fast-paced changing environment, prioritizing tasks effectively
• Detailed professional with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Exhibits critical thinking skills, high energy, disciplined organizational skills and sound judgment

Basic Requirement

• Bachelor's degree with 4 years of applicable industryexperience; OR
• Master's degree with 2 years of applicable industry experience
• Prior experience in procurement

Preferred Requirements / Certifications

• Experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or supply chain; experience as a business partner to functional teams (e.g., IT, Engineering, HR, Operations) strongly preferred.
• Experience in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, life sciences, public sector)
• Experience with S2P/P2P systems (Ariba, Jaggaer, Coupa, Oracle, Ivalua), ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Netsuite) and eRFx tools.
• Knowledge of procurement policies, competitive bidding, and contract lifecycle management.
• CPSM, CIPS, CSCP, or equivalent

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to conduct activities using repetitive motions that incl