Procurement Operations Specialist

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Norgine: Transforming Healthcare, Backed by Over a Century of Expertise.

Norgine is a European specialist pharmaceutical company committed to bringing transformative products to patients. Our integrated infrastructure, European experience and partnership approach help us find creative ways to make life-changing products accessible to patients.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Operations Specialist to join our Global Indirect Procurement function.

The Role

This is a hands-on, specialist role at the operational heart of Global Indirect Procurement. It is not a generalist administrative post.

You will own the day-to-day integrity of our purchase-to-pay process: the purchase order lifecycle from requisition through to receipt and invoice resolution, supplier onboarding and compliance screening, and the accuracy of our vendor master data. You will be the person requisitioners across our European business come to when a purchase order is stuck, a supplier is not set up, or a process is not clear. You will then fix the underlying cause rather than the symptom.

You will also help shape what comes next. Our Centre of Excellence is actively modernising how procurement operates: standardising and automating our purchase-to-pay workflows in JD Edwards E1, deploying digital self-service and procurement intelligence tooling, strengthening supplier and third-party compliance, and building the Power BI reporting and spend analytics foundation behind our KPI and category insight. You will be close enough to that work to influence it.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the purchase order lifecycle end to end — raising, validating, amending, expediting and closing purchase orders, and resolving blockages with requisitioners, Accounts Payable and suppliers.
• Own vendor master data quality — new vendor creation, amendments, bank detail change controls, duplicate prevention and periodic data cleansing.
• Run supplier onboarding and the associated compliance and due diligence checks, including tax and VAT determination, third-party risk screening and supporting documentation.
• Act as first-line expert support to requisitioners and budget holders across multiple countries, resolving queries on policy, process and system, and escalating genuinely complex issues appropriately.
• Design and deliver training and guidance — user guides, floor-walking, onboarding sessions and knowledge content that reduce repeat queries at source.
• Produce and interpret procurement KPI and spend reporting in Power BI — not simply compiling the numbers, but explaining what they show and where intervention is needed.
• Support contract administration, contract performance review and cost analysis, feeding insight into renewal and renegotiation discussions.
• Identify, propose and implement process improvements, including automation and digitalisation opportunities across the purchase-to-pay and supplier lifecycle.
• Uphold procurement policy, governance, internal controls and audit requirements, including segregation of duties and approval thresholds.

Skills and experience

Essential

• Direct, demonstrable experience in a procurement operations, purchase-to-pay, buying or vendor master data role. You can talk in detail about the transactions you have processed, the exceptions you have resolved and the controls you have applied.
• Practical working knowledge of the purchase-to-pay cycle, including requisition to purchase order, goods receipt, three-way match and invoice exception resolution.
• Hands-on ERP experience. We run JD Edwards E1, so direct JD Edwards experience is a strong advantage. Solid transactional experience in SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Ariba or a comparable ERP or purchase-to-pay platform is transferable, and we will train you on JD Edwards.
• Experience of supplier onboarding and compliance checks within a controlled or regulated environment.
• Strong data and reporting skills. Advanced Excel is a given, alongside practical experience building or working with Power BI dashboards and reports. You should be comfortable pulling data from multiple systems, cleansing and reconciling it, and presenting a clear and accurate view that stands up to challenge.
• Experience working with spend data, including classification, spend cube or spend analytics tooling, and the ability to interrogate spend rather than simply report it.
• Genuine attention to detail and numerical confidence. Accuracy in this role directly protects our financial controls.
• Confident, credible communication with stakeholders at all levels and with external suppliers, including the ability to hold a line on policy politely but firmly.
• A structured, self-directed approach to managing competing priorities across multiple countries and stakeholder groups.

Desirable

• CIPS qualified, part-qualified, or actively working towards CIPS certification. We will support your continued study and professional development.
• Direct JD Edwards E1 experience, particularly the Procurement and Accounts Payable modules.
• Power BI report and dashboard build experience — data modelling, DAX and connecting to ERP data sources — rather than consumption only.
• Experience of a dedicated spend analytics or procurement intelligence platform, for example Beroe, Sievo, SpendHQ or similar.
• Experience within pharmaceutical, life sciences or another regulated industry.
• Exposure to procurement digitalisation, automation, robotic process automation or Power Platform tooling.
• Experience supporting a shared services or Centre of Excellence operating model.
• Additional European language skills.

Relevant education is welcomed, but practical procurement operations experience is more important than a specific qualification. No managerial experience is required.

How you will bring our values to life

• Drive: Take ownership, prioritise what matters and deliver accurate, timely outcomes.
• Dare: Challenge respectfully, look for better ways of working and remain open to new ideas.
• Develop: Build strong connections, communicate effectively and help colleagues succeed through guidance and collaboration.

Why join us?

At Norgine, you will be part of an inclusive environment where different perspectives are valued. You will have opportunities to develop your career while contributing to work that can make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds.

If you want a multi dimensional 3D career in a leading healthcare organisation, join us.

Apply via LinkedIn or through our careers page.

This advert summarises the key responsibilities of the role and is not exhaustive. Norgine may adjust responsibilities to meet business and organisational needs.

Our benefits may vary per location. Please liaise with the Norgine TA representative to obtain more information.

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