Senior Buyer - Biotech Supply Chain & Strategic Sourcing

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Verona, WI or San Diego, CA is seeking a Senior Purchasing Analyst to support the Finance organization by ensuring timely and efficient procurement of goods and services.

You will partner with internal stakeholders to understand needs and deliver purchasing solutions for scientific and operational progress. The role emphasizes supplier performance, pricing, and process improvement, with 5 days a week onsite.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or life sciences.
• 4 years of experience in finance, buyer, or purchasing role.
• Experience using ERP system.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft suite skills including Outlook, Excel, and Word.

Responsibilities

• Partner with assigned departments to understand their purchasing needs and drive sourcing, vendor and purchasing decisions.
• Assist internal business partners with purchase requests, compile and process purchase requisitions and purchase orders according to established procedures.
• Manage urgent purchase requests and independently manage priorities.
• Mitigate purchasing, delivery and/or lead time issues.
• Support the implementation of technology that supports more efficient purchasing.
• Serve as liaison between internal team and vendor, communicating pricing and performance needs to vendor.
• Support department procurement activities by analyzing spend and determining future supply needs.
• Collaborate with Purchasing team to make decisions that impact efficiency and effectiveness of the team.
• Recommend preferred vendors and consolidation opportunities.
• Lead meetings with internal stakeholders to drive efficient processes and a high level of procedure compliance.

Skills

Highly organized

Self-motivated

Independent worker

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or life sciences

Tools

ERP system

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Verona, WI or San Diego, CA is seeking a Senior Purchasing Analyst to support the Finance organization by ensuring timely and efficient procurement of goods and services.

You will partner with internal stakeholders to understand needs and deliver purchasing solutions for scientific and operational progress. The role emphasizes supplier performance, pricing, and process improvement, with 5 days a week onsite.