Country United States
City Irvine, California
Functional Area IT & Procurement
Job Group Purchasing
Employment Type Permanent Contract
Working time Full-time
At its locations around the world, Siegfried offers employees exciting career opportunities in international settings. We cultivate multidisciplinary cooperation and encourage our staff to actively shape and influence their careers. This approach, coupled with our dynamic working environment, make Siegfried an attractive employer.
Your role
The Procurement Specialist will lead strategic and operational sourcing activities for both indirect and direct materials at the Irvine site, ensuring cost efficiency, supply continuity, and compliance with regulatory standards. This role drives value through supplier relationship management, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement of procurement processes.
Strategic & Operational Procurement
- Manage procurement of indirect materials, services, and direct materials for the Irvine site.
- Collaborate with global category management and internal stakeholders to align strategies.
- Develop and implement cost-reduction and value improvement initiatives.
- Negotiate supplier contracts, pricing, and terms to support company objectives.
- Monitor and improve supply conditions, focusing on total cost of ownership.
Supplier & Stakeholder Management
- Build and maintain sustainable relationships with key suppliers.
- Manage claims and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Serve as a procurement partner for cross-functional teams to understand business needs and deliver value-added solutions.
Process Optimization & Compliance
- Contribute to the digitalization and continuous improvement of procurement processes (e.g., P2P automation).
- Ensure adherence to company policies, cGMP/GDP regulations, and ethical sourcing practices.
- Maintain accurate procurement records, approved supplier lists, and documentation.
Your profile
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field (advanced degrees/certifications such as CPM, CPSM, or equivalent preferred).
- Minimum 3–5 years of progressive experience in procurement or purchasing, preferably in a pharmaceutical, chemical, or manufacturing environment.
- Proficient in ERP systems (SAP MM or equivalent); experience with Coupa or similar P2P tools is a plus.
- Strong analytical, negotiation, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proactive, team-oriented, and detail-focused with a commitment to continuous improvement.
Working at Siegfried
Siegfried's work environment is dynamic and international. With a highly professional and motivated team, the company operates in a future-oriented business field. Siegfried possesses a unique culture that leverages cultural differences to create a competitive advantage. Siegfried places highest priority on providing a flexible, diverse and discrimination-free working environment in which employees can develop personally and professionally, advance innovation and deliver superior performance. We strive to provide a work environment where employees can take on challenging jobs and associated responsibilities that best serve their personal and technical development and can benefit from the success of our company. The company regulations in respect of compensation and career development opportunities apply to all Siegfried sites. Additional conditions of employment are governed by location-specific circumstances, legislation and customs.
Who we are
In the Midst of People’s Lives – Across the Globe
The Siegfried Group is one of the world’s leading Custom Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) developing and producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), intermediates and finished dosage forms. As our core competence, we successfully integrate chemical and pharmaceutical capabilities into a single business model.
The Siegfried name stands for highest quality, efficiency, flexibility and safety. Present in Europe, Asia and North America, we serve a broad global customer base from major international pharmaceutical companies down to small biologic-pharmaceutical organizations. For them we develop and produce product innovations on a large scale to finished products. We integrate our offer seamlessly into the customers’ value chain. Our comprehensive services range from early-stage Research & Development services such as synthesis, scale-up, formulation development, stability studies and method development all the way through to manufacturing services, ranging from preclinical R&D material for clinical trial purposes to commercial production.
We are able to produce about 200 of the approximately 1500 registered drug substances used in medicine. Moreover, we produce 20 percent of global demand for caffeine. Consequently, nearly 1 billion individuals come into contact with Siegfried products.
What we do in Zofingen
Zofingen is the hub of the Siegfried Group. The production facility at our Zofingen headquarters supplies our customers around the globe with exemplary Swiss quality. The Siegfried company is a popular employer in the Zofingen region, where we meet our social responsibility by training apprentices.
Main activities
- Development and commercial manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and corresponding intermediates
- Fully compliant with cGMP and SHE (Safety, Health and Environmental) standards
Special features
- Manufacture of high potency active ingredients in development and production
- Micronization in development and production
Strategic importance
- Contract manufacturing of new active ingredients