Procurement Manager (m/w/d)

Advancing medicine to save lives. Together. 

Thanks to many decades of experience and our passion for what we do, we make an essential contribution to the global availability of biopharmaceuticals, especially for patients with rare and serious diseases.  

Rentschler Biopharma SE is a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) focused exclusively on client projects. We offer customized full-service solutions for bioprocess development and the production of complex biopharmaceuticals. As a German family-owned company with an international footprint and global reach, we combine experts, expertise and years of experience to develop best-in-class solutions – together with our clients.

Rentschler Biopharma has approximately 1,400 employees and is headquartered in Laupheim, Germany, with a site in Milford, MA, USA. In 2024, we joined the United Nations Global Compact, underlining our commitment to sustainability.  

As an independent family-owned company, we live by the motto: Many hands, many minds - ONE TEAM! Open, respectful cooperation characterizes our working environment, where quality awareness, diligence and responsibility are our top priorities. With all the diversity of our talents in the Rentschler team, we pursue one vision together: advancing medicine to save lives. 

Further tasks and responsibilities 

• Tender, negotiate and procure analytical services and direct materials

• Draft, negotiate and finalize service and supply-agreements for corresponding categories

• Negotiate contracts, pricing, and terms with vendors and external laboratories to ensure cost-effective and high-quality service provision.

• Support network procurement activities and act as first point of escalation for internal and external stakeholders

• Develop and execute procurement concepts that require creative thinking and hands-on skills

• Review and analyze continuously spend and savings developments; identify cost savings opportunities and execute improvement projects

• Effectively manage supplier relationships, identify and manage service and supply risks

• Strive improvement plans with suppliers on supply, cost and quality performance

• Manage cross-functional and cross-regional SCM projects

What is important to us 

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Life Sciences or a related field. A Masters degree is preferred

• 3-5 years’ procurement experience in a GMP/ Biopharmaceutical environment

• In depth experience in procurement of external analytic services and production materials

• Ability to develop and implement site specific procurement strategies

• Very good knowledge of legal environment related to purchasing contracts and framework agreements

• Excellent organizational, project management, communication (written and verbal) skills

• Business fluent language skills (German and English)

• Excellent knowledge in SAP and MS-Office

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment Ability to work collaboratively in a team environmentAbility to work collaboratively in a team environment

What we offer

• Work in a company that offers real value and manufactures medicines for critically ill patients

• Contagious joy in the job on site as well as a collegial working environment

• Access to exclusive, personalised training through the Rentschler Academy

• 30 days of holiday

• Flexible working hours, flexitime account

• Responsibility, initiative, further development

• Team and company events

• Company health management and pension scheme

• Various employee discounts

• Company child-care centre

• Future-proof industry

• Unlimited contract