Procurement Specialist

Our Organization

FairJourney Bio is a globally recognized life sciences company specializing in antibody discovery, engineering, characterization, and production. We proudly serve leading pharmaceutical companies and top-tier biotech firms across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Our cutting-edge facilities are based in Porto, Portugal, Cambridge, United Kingdom and San Diego, United States, where innovation and scientific excellence drive every project. For more information, please visit FairJourney Bio (fjbio.com).

The Role

The Procurement Specialist independently manages established procurement processes for assigned requirements, ensuring effective sourcing, purchasing and supplier coordination within approved procedures and commercial parameters.

The role conducts routine sourcing and negotiation activities, resolves routine procurement issues and escalates unfamiliar, non routine or more complex commercial, contractual or supplier matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently manage procurement activities for assigned requirements from request clarification through sourcing, purchase order placement and follow up.

• Conduct Request for Proposal and quotation processes using established procurement procedures and evaluation criteria.

• Evaluate supplier offers and negotiate routine commercial terms within approved parameters.

• Manage the requisition to purchase order process and ensure required approvals, information and documentation are complete.

• Coordinate supplier onboarding and maintain accurate supplier, order and procurement information in relevant systems.

• Monitor order confirmation, delivery, supplier responsiveness and routine performance issues and take appropriate action within scope.

• Maintain complete procurement records supporting sourcing decisions, purchase orders and supplier agreements.

• Coordinate procurement requirements and actions with internal stakeholders and suppliers to support timely delivery.

• Resolve routine procurement issues related to orders, supplier communication, documentation or process execution.

• Contribute to improvements in procurement processes, Source to Pay tools, templates, reporting and ways of working.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional expertise and experience appropriate to Procurement, Business Management, Industrial Engineering, Life Sciences or a related area.

• Good procurement knowledge and ability to independently manage established sourcing and purchasing processes.

• Good supplier communication and negotiation capability for routine commercial matters.

• Good problem solving capability for routine procurement, supplier and order issues.

• Good planning and organisation across multiple requests, suppliers and deadlines.

• Ability to evaluate supplier information and make routine procurement decisions within defined parameters.

• Good stakeholder coordination skills with internal requesters and suppliers.

• Good working knowledge of ERP systems, procurement platforms and spreadsheets.

• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Commitment to procurement ethics, transparency, integrity and applicable company requirements.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Request for Proposal processes, supplier negotiation, ERP systems or Source to Pay platforms.

• Experience independently managing procurement or purchasing activities in a professional environment.

• Experience in a biotechnology, pharmaceutical, CRO, scientific or other international organisation.

Other Requirements

• Availability to work 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM (Portugal time) on a regular basis.

• Occasional travel may be required for procurement activities, supplier meetings, stakeholder engagement, training, company meetings or other business requirements.

We Offer

• Integration in a highly motivated team

• Working in an international environment

• Employee benefits package

• Career development.

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career path, we’d love to hear from you.

Deadline for applications: 15 November 2026